Barrackville Covered Bridge Engineering, 1873-1877, 1993-1998 (includes facsimiles)

Kemp was the preservation engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highway’s project to restore the Barrackville Covered Bridge in Barrackville, West Virginia. Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. collaborated on the restoration of the 1853 Burr covered bridge. The box includes measurement lists, cost lists, contracts, meeting notes, reports, engineering drawings and correspondence. Subjects include the structural efficacy of the bridge, its history (including the designers Lemuel and Eli Chenoweth), Buffalo Creek (which the bridge spans), and the restoration of covered bridges in general. The following oversize items were moved to Box 342: one list (undated) and two engineering drawings (1986 and undated).