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Twenty-Five Years of Engineering in Western North Carolina (1902-1927) |
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| Title | TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ENGINEERING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA |
| Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/twenty_five_years/25_years.htm
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| Creator | Charles E. Waddell & Company |
| Subject Keyword | Engineering ; Asheville, NC ;Western NC Engineering ; Charles E. Waddell & Company ; Beaver Lake Dam |
| Subject LCSH | Barber, Frank A. Jackson, E.A. Conder, Frank L. Stentz, J. Dale Lorick, J.M. A.W. Shropshire WWNC (Asheville, N.C.) Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works Asheville (N.C.) -- Description |
| Date digital | 2005-02-03 |
| Publisher | [Digital Publisher] D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Contributor |
Lyda Family ; Southern Highlands Research Center |
| Type | Source type: Booklet ; Text ; Image |
| Format | image/jpeg/text |
| Source | Edgar Lyda Collection, M79.9.1-2 ; P79.9.2 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is part of the Edgar Lyda Collection ; The Edgar Lyda Collection, UNCA |
| Coverage temporal | 1926-27 |
| Coverage spatial | Asheville, NC |
| Rights | Any display, publication or
public use must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections,
University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
| Donor | None |
| Description | Charles Edward Waddell was the first President of the American Association of Civil Engineers, North Carolina Section and this small pamphlet is a record of the many projects that Waddell's company engaged in in western North Carolina. The facilities engineered by Charles E. Waddell & Company from 1902-1927 in Western North Carolina, are mainly in and near Asheville, NC. This pamphlet contain a brief description of each job and supplemental photographs of the individual projects. |
| Acquisition | 2001 |
| Citation | 'Twenty-Five Years of Engineering in Western North Carolina,' 1927, is included in the 'Edgar Lyda Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 2005 |
| Last update | 2005-02-03 |
| Biography | In 1908 Charles E. Waddell was on the faculty of the Biltmore School, a pre-cursor to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. During the years 1906-1909, he served as the Biltmore Estate Electrician. He was awarded an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, from North Carolina State University in 1925. From 1923-1924 he served as the first President of the American Society of Civil Engineers [ASCE], NC Section, and served in the same capacity the following year, 1924-1925. |
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| cover | 25yrs_cover | [cover] Twenty-Five Years of Engineering in Western North Carolina |
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| Page1 | 25yrs001 | Being a Record of the Works of Charles E. Waddell & Company |
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| Page2 | 25yrs002 | [background on engineering and the company in western North Carolina from 1902-1927] |
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| Page3 | 25yrs003 | ...Bee Tree [Dam], a part of the city of Asheville's water system. |
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| Page4 | 25yrs004 | [Salvaging a bridge that is collapsing in western North Carolina] |
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| Page5 | 25yrs005 | [Salvaging a bridge that is collapsing in western North Carolina] |
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| Page6 | 25yrs006 | ...the emergency filter plant on the French Broad river that was designed for the city of Asheville. |
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| Page7 | 25yrs007 | [the great flood in Asheville, July 1916 and a bridge that with stood the flood.] |
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| Page8 | 25yrs008 | [Asheville's Town Mountain water reservoir] |
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| Page9 | 25yrs009 | [Bee Tree dam] |
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| Page10 | 25yrs010 | Weaver Power company's plant on the French Broad river near Asheville... |
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| Page11 | 25yrs011 | ...the Rink Mill dam. The Marshall plant of the North Carolina Electrical Power Company... |
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| Page12 | 25yrs012 | [Biltmore Village] |
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| Page13 | 25yrs013 | "The swimming pool at Biltmore House" |
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| Page14 | 25yrs014 | City of Asheville Recreation Park. |
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| Page15 | 25yrs015 | Beaver Lake... |
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| Page16 | 25yrs016 | Beacon Manufacturing Company...; Power plant of the Unagusta Manufacturing Company... |
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| Page17 | 25yrs017 | 1 and 2-10,000 kw. steam plant of the North Carolina Electrical Power Company. |
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| Page18 | 25yrs018 | Heating plant of the Asheville Normal School...; The Electrification of the Asheville Cotton Mills... |
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| Page 19 | 25yrs019 |
THE mammoth plant of the Champion Fibre Company, at Canton, N. C., manufactures paper and paper pulp from wood taken from Western North Carolina forests; 2 — A corner of the Champion Fibre Company's steam plant.
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| Page 20 | 25yrs020 | Plant of the National Casket Company at Asheville |
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| Page 21 | 25yrs021 | [National Casket Company letter] |
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| Page 22 | 25yrs022 | [Advertisement for "Leadite," a lead substitute that is used to join cast iron water pipes, was popular in the early 1900's and in some cities was used until the l970's. The very corrosive and brittle joint compound left many water distribution lines in Asheville in need of replacement.] |
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| Page 23 | 25yrs023 | [Advertisements. Kenilworth Inn, Mr. D.J. Dryer AI.A. architect, and Charles E. Waddell & Co., Engineers] |
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| Page 24 | 25yrs024 | A partial list of clients served by Charles E. Waddell & Company during the past twenty-five years. |
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