ASCE and Historic Bridges Research, 1933/2000, bulk 1979/1992

Containers:

Box 162

Scope and content:

Kemp maintained reference records on bridges, and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineer's Committee on the History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering. As part of the committee, he assisted in advising Ken Burns on the script for Brooklyn Bridge. Box includes clippings, slides, facsimile book excerpts, correspondence, reports, event programs, pamphlets, facsimile journal articles, newsletters and a postcard. Subjects include historic bridges in the United States, their preservation status, and bridge structures. The following bridges receive particular attention: the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota; the Ashtabula Bridge in Ashtabula, Ohio; Jefferson Street Bridge in Fairmont, West Virginia; Dunlap's Creek Bridge in Brownsville, Pennsylvania; Eads Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri; Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Beckel Bridge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Haupt Iron Truss Bridge in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Highlights include the NHRP nomination form for the Virginia Street Bridge in Reno, Nevada; Historic Civil Engineering Landmark reports for Kinzua Bridge in Jewett, Pennsylvania and Whipple Cast and Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge in Albany, New York; and facsimile correspondence from Ken Burns regarding the film, Brooklyn Bridge. The following oversize items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 7, Folder 4: 3 pamphlets (1947-1986 and undated), 1 engineering drawings (undated), 21 magazine clippings (1947-1989 and undated), 23 sheets of clippings (1978-2000).

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