West Virginia and Regional History Center
William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers
Downs, William S.
A&M 2946
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1.7 Linear Feet
1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
1900-1926
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William S. Downs, Engineering Professor, Papers, A&M 2946, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
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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Beaver Hole Dam.
Bolivia
Cheat Lake (W. Va.)
Cheat River Power Project
Dams
Floods
Geology
Water-power
Oil and Gas Industry and Fields.
Property Owners, Cheat Area.
Railroads
Road Construction.
Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes.
West Virginia University -- Students
West Virginia University -- Faculty
Cheat area property owners.
Cheat Haven and Baltimore Railroad
West Virginia. State Road Commission
West Virginia University. College of Engineering
Downs, William S.
Volume 1. Diary (Subjects include surveying the Cheat Lake area, drilling for oil, bridge building, and the Beaver Hole Dam)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761271912 December-1914 October1Volume 2. Mt. Park Land Company: Reports of William S. Downs at Cheat HavenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761281911 September-1913 July1Volume 3. Mountain Park Land Company -- Contracts & Special Reports: Cheat Haven and B.R.R. [Bruceton Railroad?]; Cheat River Hydro-Electric Company; Indexed (Facsimile of index)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761291912 March-1913 January1Volume 4. Clippings on the Cheat River power projectArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761301912–19132Volume 5. Clippings on the Cheat River power projectArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761311913–19142Volume 6. Crushing tests of sandstone from state line dam siteArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/176132undated2Volume 7. Diary: Work on State Road CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761331915 October-1919 March3Volume 8. Diary: State Road CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761341919 March-1922 January3Diary [unknown author]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761351919 March 24-1922 February 024Diary of William S. DownsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1761361915 October 15-1919 March 014