Folder 437a
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Oversized Folder: 1. Centralia [Illinois]: Pit for a Turntable 44 feet diameter, Ill Cent. R.R. Ink drawing; 2. Plan of Desk, Nov. 1852 Du Quoin. Ink drawing; 3. [Sketch of bridge masonry], Little Muddy, Feb. [n.d.]. Pencil drawing; 4. Final Measurements of Culverts by A. Buck, Jul. 23, n.d. [accompanying sketch of bridge masonry, above?]; and 5. Wooden Piers of Bridge Over. [four views: 2 elevations, plan of bottom, and plan of top]. n.d. Ink Drawing, ca. 1852-1856
File — Folder: 437a
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Correspondence, accounting records, contracts, drawings, weekly construction reports, payroll information, work estimates, invoices, and receipts documenting the day-to-day construction of the section of the Illinois Central Railroad around Centralia, Illinois. Includes a substantial amount of correspondence between Isaac S. Metcalf and Illinois Central Chief Engineer Roswell B. Mason, who supervised the building of the entire line from Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, between 1851-1856. Metcalf...
Dates:
ca. 1852-1856