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West Virginia and Regional History Center

William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers

1.7 Linear Feet 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Downs was an engineering professor at West Virginia University and an engineer with the West Virginia State Road Commission. Includes records and photos of road-building projects in Bolivia and West Virginia, photograph albums of West Virginia hydro-electric plant construction, lists of lot owners for the area flooded by Cheat Lake, and a memoir of Downs' student years at West Virginia University, ca. 1905.

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William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers 1.7 Linear Feet 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Downs, William S.

Downs was an engineering professor at West Virginia University and an engineer with the West Virginia State Road Commission. Includes records and photos of road-building projects in Bolivia and West Virginia, photograph albums of West Virginia hydro-electric plant construction, lists of lot owners for the area flooded by Cheat Lake, and a memoir of Downs' student years at West Virginia University, ca. 1905.

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