File — Box: 193
Scope and Contents
Kemp wrote the book The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage with Beverly Fluty. This box includes materials Kemp collected in preparation for the book, including photographic prints, photographic negatives, a draft of the book, lists, drawings, reports, postcards, and floppy disks. Subjects include the Lehigh Gap Bridge in Palmerton, Pennsylvania; Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia; Charles Ellet Jr.; the bridge’s conditions; and the bridge’s use. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 3: one engineering drawing (undated) and one map (undated).
Dates
- Creation: 1826-1849, 1908-1926, 1979-1999 (includes facsimiles)
Repository Details
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository
Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com