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Box 4

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Engineering Papers and Notes, 1897 - 1900

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates: 1897 - 1900