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Roads -- Design and construction -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John James Abert letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227605356]
Identifier: MSS 4045
Scope and Contents

Letter from John James Abert to James Holt written on February 7, 1861. The letter originally accompanied a copy of Abert's report on the planning of a wagon route between Utah and Nevada. The report was published by the government in 1876.

Dates: 1861 February 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oral history interview with O. Frost Black

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231028736]
Identifier: MSS 6746
Abstract

Oral history interview with O. Frost Black, conducted by Mark Hollenbeck on 10 July 1972 for the Utah State Historical Society and the California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program.

Dates: 1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Civilian Conservation Corps photographs of work projects

 File — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233235024]
Identifier: MSS 7747
Scope and Contents

Collection includes one photograph album with 62 photographs from the Photographic Report of representative work projects being done by Division of Grazing CCC Camps in Region One.

Dates: circa 1933-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Grading on Springville [Utah] Main Street , 1914 June 13

 Item — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961219]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 153
Scope and Contents

A photograph, taken outdoors, of men and horses working on Main Street, presumable in connection with construction of Salt Lake and Utah Interurban.

Dates: 1914 June 13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James L. Ozment collection of George Edward Anderson photographs / George Edward Anderson glass plate negatives

M. P. 13.7 south loop at left, 1906 November 21

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961193]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 111
Scope and Contents

A photograph of D&RG "High line" construction looking southward from the edge of Bingham Canyon near Lead Mine towards Lark. Horses and men along a path surrounded by snow.

Dates: 1906 November 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James L. Ozment collection of George Edward Anderson photographs / George Edward Anderson glass plate negatives

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