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Mason & Hanger Historical Records, 1900-2001 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Daniel Weddington and Malcolm Tabor

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Project Files.],
[Series 2: Oversize Project Files],
[Series 3: Project Photographs],
[Series 4: Publications and Office Papers],
[Series 5: Financial & Corporate Records],
[Series 6: Office Files],
[Series 7: Financial Records (Ledgers)],
[Series 8: Agricultural Records, 1933-1974],
[Series 9: Oversize Material],
[Series 10: Artifacts and Memorabilia],
[All]

Series 2: Oversize Project Files

Folder os1: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

Diagrams of general machinery for Pantex and Iowa Ordnance Plants (22 items).

Barcode: 31234013920812

Folder os2: Artwork: RAMP Facility Rendering, 1991

Air Defense School on foam core board; Unknown Underground Facility rendering; Air Force Award Poster, 1996; Sheridan Tank firing Shillelagh Guided Rocket, painting; Laser Testing, photograph; Self Propelled Artillery Piece, enhanced photograph.

Barcode: 31234013921125

Folder os3: Boston Traffic Tunnel

Blueprints: Standard Steamboat Ratchet; Form #1 Details (5 sheets); Form #2 Details (5 sheets); Form #3 Details (5 sheets); Form #4 Details (6 sheets); Form #5 Details (3 sheets); Tunnel Forms and Plates (2 sheets); Wiring Diagram; Muck Chute plans; Shield Cutting Device plans; Automatic Lock Controls [folded]; Lock Details (7 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921133

Folder os4: Boston Traffic Tunnel

Drawings and Diagrams: Study for 2nd Tube [folded]; Erection Diagrams (2 sheets); Shield Diagram; Shield Details (4 drawings); Power House (5 drawings); Details for Shield Cradle drawing; Bulkhead #1 Details (4 drawings); Bulkhead #2 Details (5 drawings); Plan and Profile diagram [folded]; Typical Cross Sections diagram; Roller Hanger for Concrete Pipe diagram.

Barcode: 31234013921141

Folder os5: Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Shield Device diagram [folded, faded, and fragile]; Power Distribution blueprint; Tunnel Ribs pencil drawings (2 sheets); Joint Layout and Inclines (3 diagrams); Steel Forms (5 diagrams); Tunnel Liner (2 blueprints).

Barcode: 31234013921166

Folder os6: Cannelton Locks and Dams, Ohio River

US Army Corps of Engineers: Cofferdam Loads Charts (2 pencil drawings on graph paper); Architectural Drawings of Caissons and Piers (9 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921158

Folder os7: Carquinez Bridge

Pier 2 - General Plans (2 sheets); Anchor ties (2 sheets); Berthing Caisson Procedure (2 sheets); Prefabricated Form Panels (2 sheets); Concrete Distribution Hopper and Chute Arrangement (5 sheets); Tie Beams & Details (12 sheets); Truss & Work Platform plan; Pre-Dredge Area plan; Construction & Draft of Caisson (4 sheets); Caisson Fender (3 sheets); Pre-cast Caisson Fender (6 sheets); Stiff-Leg Derrick & Crane (5 sheets); Cable Location plan; Temporary Work Platform Bracing.

Barcode: 31234013921174

Folder os8: Carquinez Bridge

Piers 2, 3a and 3b: Caisson Construction and Draft (2 sheets); Work Platform; Rock Blanket (2 sheets); Dredge Well (3 sheets); Caisson Cutting Edge; Embedded and Form Trusses (7 sheets); Fender Construction (2 sheets); Prefabricated Form Panels (2 sheets); Force of Current on Caisson chart; Caisson Anchors (3 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921182

Folder os9: Carquinez Bridge

Pier 3a: Fender Repair plan; Caisson Construction (3 sheets); Fender Transition Details (3 sheets); Caisson Berthing Procedure plan; Caisson Cutting Edge (3 sheets); Form Trusses and Prefabricated Sections (5 sheets); Horizontal Reference Plane (2 sheets); Caisson Wood Dome (7 sheets); Precast Fender Beams (4 sheets); Cantilever Beam plan; Towing Bumper plan; Derrick and Anchors (7 sheets); Supporting Beams and Prefabricated Panels (14 sheets); Work Platforms (3 sheets); Steel Bracing plan; Typical Section diagram; Derrick and Hoist (2 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921190

Folder os10: Carquinez Bridge

Pier 3b: Fender Transition and Details (2 sheets); Caisson Berthing Procedure plan; Typical Fender Section diagram; Fender Beams and Details (22 sheets); Derrick Support Beams and Anchors diagram; Work Platforms plan (4 copies); Cast-in-Place Fender Beams (4 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921208

Folder os11: Carquinez Bridge

3a and 3b (in common): "Suggested Method of Attaching Anchor to Caisson" drawing; Bracing for 24" Pipe Caissons drawing; Pier 3 Soundings graph; Caisson Construction and Draft (4 sheets); Existing Fender Plan and Profile; Substructure Foundations (4 sheets); Dredge Well Form Assembly diagram (4 copies); "Typical Forming for Cast-in-Place Fender Beams" plan; Pre-Dredge Area diagram; "Pile Snubber Cable Location and Details" diagram (2 copies).

Barcode: 31234013921216

Folder os12: Carquinez Bridge

Piers 4, 5 and General Plans: General Plan Substructure diagram; For Closing Dredging, drawing on graph paper [very faded]; Berthing to Caissons diagram; Insurance Losses and Gains graph; "Suggested Method of Attaching Anchors to Caisson" diagram with notes.; General Foundations and Foundations for Piers 4 and 5 (4 sheets); Abutment #1 (2 sheets); Caissons and Details (3 sheets); Pier 4 and Fender (3 sheets); Pier 5 (2 sheets); Test Boring Logs (2 charts); Power Distribution for Construction plan; Sub-Structure diagram; Plant Layout, Derricks, and Bracing of Pile Platforms (6 sheets); Concrete Barge diagram; Gas And Water Supply diagram; Caisson Anchor Details plan; Pier 4 Details - Cofferdam, Forming Layout, and Method of Construction (10 sheets); Caisson Forms and Anchor Details diagram.

Barcode: 31234013921224

Folder os13: Delaware Memorial Bridge, 1947-1948

Sketches in pencil planning Pie Caisson work, including 2 alternate plans; Proposed Finished Bridge and Area Map blueprint; Piers A-D Details - Shape, Caissons, and Concrete Filling Method (13 blueprints); Cutting Edge of Piers B and C Cofferdam blueprint; Piers B and C Cutting Edge, Cofferdam, Caissons, and Working Platforms (4 drafts); Piers A and D Working Platform (draft).

Barcode: 31234013921232

Folder os14: Devices and Machine Plans

From Assorted Projects: A.C. Automatic Starting Panel, Sundh Electric Co. 1928; Unidentified Tunnel Apparatus; Union Battleship Skip 5 cu. yards, Union Iron Works 1934; Shield Jack, Bethlehem Steel Co. 1928-30; Bolting Gantry [folded]; Hoist for Drill Carriage and Car Picker, 1938; Proposed Drill Carriage, Delaware Aqueduct, Samuel R. Rosoff, Ltd. 1939 (2 sheets); Tunnel Carriage, Sullivan Machinery Co. 1927; Drill Carriage and Car Picker, Walsh Construction Co. 1939; Commercial Tunnel Lining Material, Pennsylvania Turnpike 1939; Single Fixed Drum Electric Elevator Hoist, J.S. Mundy Hoisting Engine Co. 1928; Wagon Drill Carriage, Ring Drilling, Woodcrest Construction Rosoff Bros. Inc. 1920's; Alterations for Bolting Machine, Watson-Stillman Co. 1934 (2 sheets); Bolting Machine, Q.P. Packing.

Barcode: 31234013921240

Folder os15: Devices

Railway: Dumping Muck Car, Union Iron Works 1938; Stationary Platform, American Locomotive Co. 1930; Gravel Monorail, New York Engineering Co. 1946 (4 sheets); Heavy Duty Excavating Bucket, Penn Iron Works 1946; Car Platform, American Car and Foundry Co Pleasantville Constructors Inc. 1940; Concrete Carrier Car, Easton Car and Construction Co. 1947; Rocker Dump Car, Koppel Industrial Car and Equipment Co. 1929; Muck Loaders Unit, Jeffrey Mfg Co. 1934 (Fort Peck Dam); 4

Barcode: 31234013921257

Folder os16: Dragon Gas Thermal Gas Generator, 1979

Process Flow Diagram including Material and Energy Balance chart; Draft diagram of SO2-NOx Cleanup Vessel; Flow diagram with Alternates (2 sheets); Burner Section, Reactor and Details diagram; Piping and Instrumentation diagram; Steam and Water Flow diagram; Complete Plans, water stained, faded on right top corners (5 sheets); Flow diagram for Oil Recovery; Concept design for Thermal Gas Generator; Partial plans (3 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921265

Folder os17: Fort Randall

Blueprints; Concreting Structures (2 sheets); Platform Steel Details; Drill Jumbo; Rail Support Bracket [folded]; Construction plans with index (24 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921273

Folder os18: Fort Randall

Drawings and Diagrams; Progress Chart; Saw Machine (4 drawings); Plant Layout drawing; Saw Carriage and Details [9 sheets, folded]; Method of Excavation diagram [folded]; Drill Jumbo diagram [folded]; Saw Carriage Drive Assembly [2 sheets, folded]; Progress chart 1950; Saw Application Studies (3 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921281

Folder os19: Fulton Street Tunnel

Sounding blueprint [fragile, folded in mylar - both sides visible]; Gravel and Sand Bins pencil drawing; Tunneling Devices (2 sheets); Tunneler diagram, noted "Never was used"; Medical Lock diagram; Sliding Platform diagram; Safety Screen diagram; Bridge Plaza Station, General Layout and Study diagram. Very large, folded.; "Proposed Device to Prevent Wrenches from Slipping" diagram; Steel Arch Base Details diagram; Proposed Building Methods [7 sheets, folded].

Barcode: 31234013921299

Folder os20: Green Mountain Missile Plant

Artistic Rendering Cut-away View of Completed Plant; Area Elevations (pencil on graph paper); Location Pla Area Topography drawing; Seismic Study diagram; Geophysical Study drawing; Proposed Layout (2 copies); Proposed Layout with Area Topography Inset (pencil drawing and printed diagram); Pictorial Layout, Proposed (pencil draft and printed diagram); Details (draft and diagram); Project Organization Flow Chart.

Barcode: 31234013921307

Folder os21: Harvey Canal Tunnel

Blueprints; Topography and Right-of-Way (8 sheets); General Plan East and West Approach (2 sheets); Geometrics (3 sheets); General Arrangement (5 sheets); Portals and Cross Sections (3 sheets); Foundation Plans (2 sheets); Pump Rooms (3 sheets); Ventilation Buildings (4 sheets); Waterproofing Plan; Niches (2 sheets); Stairs, Ramps, and Bulkheads (8 sheets); Boring Logs (7 sheets); Bulkheads (2 sheets); Pumps and Ventilation System (8 sheets); Electric Diagrams and Lighting (6 sheets); Conduits Transformer and Electric Details (5 sheets); Service Road Plans, Road Sections, and Paving (4 sheets); Drainage and Culverts (5 sheets); Grading Plans (4 sheets); Signs and Property Details (3 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921315

Folder os22: Harvey Canal Tunnel

Drawings and Diagrams; Earning Losses chart [graph paper, folded]; Progress Charts (5 sheets); Concrete and Cofferdam (2 pencil drawings); Mid-Tunnel Bulkhead diagram; Cofferdam Stage II and IIIa (8 sheets); Cofferdam Layout (2 pencil drawings); Cofferdam Layout, Bracing, and Stage Ib (4 sheets); Timber work & Trusses (6 sheets); Bulkhead Wall Piling Anchorage diagram; Beams and Struts (5 sheets); Trusses and Piles (5 sheets); Cofferdams & Waterproofing (4 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921323

Folder os23: Havana Tunnel, Cuba

2 drawings of area and proposed plan.

Barcode: 31234013921331

Folder os24: Iowa Ordnance Plant

Enclosed Test Structure diagrams (3 sheets); Design Materials and Construction Chart for Reactivation of Load Line 4A.

Barcode: 31234013921349

Folder os25: JAIRIFF and Patent Work

Calculation Sheet for Offshore Drilling Platform (pencil drawing) [very fragile]; Map of Test 1; Assembly Detail diagrams (3 sheets); Set-up and Procedure diagram; Supporting Structure diagram; Rotary Table and Pipe Clamp Assembly diagram.

Barcode: 31234013921356

Folder os26: Lackawack Dam

Area Maps for Water Supply and Sewage (4 sheets); Area Maps for Power Lines and Piping (4 sheets); Erroneous Elevation graph and its Correction (2 sheets); Map for Building Locations at Site 1 (pencil drawing); Area Maps for Plant Layout: Roads, Buildings, and Property Lines (2 sheets); Sewer Lines plan (pencil drawing); Architectural drawings for Offices, Compressor Houses, Locker Houses (8 drawings); Diversion Tunnel diagrams (3 sheets, one in pencil); Hoist Machinery (2 blueprints); Tunnel Lining Unit blueprint; Concrete Loading Platform blueprint; Loading Slide blueprints (4 sheets); Differing Railcars including Muck and Dumping Cars blueprints (8 sheets); Large Drill Carriage and Car Picker drawing; Muck Car Safety Device drawing; Sewage Works blueprints (2 sheets); Drill and Tunnel Hoist Carriage plans (3 sheets); Plans for Conveying Material into and out of Tunnel (4 sheets); Ribs and Rock Support plans (5 sheets); Large Chlorine House drawing.

Barcode: 31234013921364

Folder os27: Lincoln Tunnel

Blueprints; Ring Details, Castings, and Weights (13 sheets); North Tunnel Interior Details (3 sheets); General Layout and Structures (5 sheets); New Jersey Site plan; Compressor House and Details (6 sheets); Construction Plant (2 sheets); Light and Power Details.

Barcode: 31234013921372

Folder os28: Lincoln Tunnel

Drawings and Diagrams; Progress Charts; River Tunnel Concreting (2 drawings); Bulkhead Cross-Sections diagram; Topography drawing; Fathometers Survey on graph paper; Ventilation Shaft diagrams (2 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921380

Folder os29: Merriman Dam

Sewage Disposal Plant blueprints (2 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921398

Folder os30: Mid-Town Hudson Tunnel (MHT)

Blueprints; "Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel - Rings" 1922; MHT-4 (contract number) Plans, Tunnel Details, Concrete (4 Sheets); MHT-4 Hydraulic Bolting Machine (2 sheets); MHT-50 Rings and Bolts (2 sheets); MHT-51 New York River Shaft; MHT-51 Plans, Index on 1st sheet (9 sheets); MHT-51 Bolt Detail; MHT-51 Glass Tile.

Barcode: 31234013921406

Folder os31: Mid-Town Hudson Tunnel

Drawings and Diagrams; Wiring Diagrams and Power Details (7 sheets); Progress Charts (3 sheets); Sockets and Sprockets diagrams (2 sheets); General Plans diagrams (6 sheets); Silt Removal and Sump diagrams (2 sheets); Site Buildings diagrams (6 sheets); Boiler House drawing; Contractor's Plants diagram.

Barcode: 31234013921414

Folder os32: Navy Ordnance Work

General (possibly Nebraska Ordnance Plant); Progress Chart for Iowa Ordnance Plant, Cornhusker Ordnance Plant, Pantex, and Nevada Test Site; Progress Charts for (possible) Nebraska Ordnance Plant (2 pencil charts); Flow Charts for 5" 3, 5" 54, and 7.2" Projectiles; Propellant Container Equipment diagrams (2 sheets); Proposed Schematic Flow and Equipment (pencil draft and printed diagram); Fiberboard Shipping Box diagram (2 copies); Plan to Secure Cartridge Case Tank; Aluminum Powder Storage Building diagram; Schematic Cyclotol for Pouring HBX-1 (2 copies); Flow Charts for 5", 5" 38, 5" 54 Projectiles (2 sheets); Flow Chart for 7.2" Projectiles [3 drawings, folded]; Unlabeled Flow Chart, Plant Operation."

Barcode: 31234013921422

Folder os33: Navy Ordnance

5" Projectile Diagrams: Propellant Weighing Feeding Turntable diagrams (2 sheets); Adapting 5" Projectile Layout to Existing Building (5 sheets, 2 copies each); Operation Equipment Layout for Cartridge Cases (5 sheets, 2 copies each); Line Layout diagram (3 copies); Building diagrams and Locations (5 sheets); Tilting and Transfer Mechanisms (2 sheets); Base Plug (2 sheets); Gas Check Insertion diagram; Turntables and Conveyors (7 sheets); Alternate Dispenser for Nose Plug Gasket diagram (2 copies); Fiberboard Shipping Box diagram (2 copies); Operational Layouts (7 sheets, one with copy); Schematic Flow diagrams (2, 1 with 3 copies and 1 with 4 copies); Line Layout and Facilities in New Building (10 Sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921430

Folder os34: Navy Ordnance

5" 38 and 5" 54 Projectiles Diagrams: Priming Processes diagrams (3 sheets); Inverting Mechanism (2 sheets); Various Conveyors (4 sheets); Rotary Tables for Filling and Gaging Propellant Charge diagram; Cartridge Case Machines and Processes (11 sheets); Tank Pallet Loader (2 sheets); Cartridge Case Disassembly, Loading, Assembly Machines (3 sheets); Gluing Machines (2 sheets); Cartridge Printing Machine diagram; Gluing and Sealing Machine diagram; Distance Piece Machines and Processes (5 sheets); Lead Foil Ball diagrams (3 sheets); Flow Charts for Plant Processes (2 diagrams, 2 copies each); Assorted Conveyors (10 sheets); Marking Mechanism; Fuze Tensioning Device; Paint Spraying Process; Filling and Pressing Operations (3 copies); Waterproofing Cap Assembly; Linear Insertion Device; Filling and Pressing Operations (2 sheets); Flow Charts for Plant Operations (3 charts, 2 with 2 copies each).

Barcode: 31234013921448

Folder os35: Navy Ordnance

7.2" Projectile Diagrams: Shipping Box Diagram (3 copies); Schematic Flow and Equipment diagram; Heat Inverter and Tilting Devices (2 sheets); Painting Mechanism; Hot-Melt Turntable (2 sheets); Weighing Equipment and Cooling Tank (3 sheets); Cartridge Case Loading and Assembly Turntable; Insertion Mechanisms (3 sheets); Tensioning Devices (3 sheets); Mechanism to Place Rubber O-Ring; Rotary Tables for 24-Hour Storage; Cartridge Case Press and Luting Devices; Nose Cap Tensioning Device (2 copies); Aluminum Powder Storage and Conveyor; Marking and Inspection Machines (2 sheets); Box Opener and Dumper; Tail Tensioning Machine; Box Loading and Shipping Process (4 sheets); Control Diagram for Melt-Pour Process; Fuze Seat Liner Thread Luting Device (2 sheets); Mechanical Asphalt Cutter; Operational and Equipment Layout for Different Stages (7 diagrams, 2 copies each); Schematic Flow and Equipment Diagram; Operation and Equipment Layout for Melt-Pour Building (3 copies); Operation and Equipment Layouts for Different Buildings (5 diagrams, 2 copies each); General Line Layout (4 copies); Boiler and Lunch Room diagrams (2 copies each); Operation and Equipment Layouts for Buildings (2 diagrams, 2 copies each); Operational Illustration (2 copies); Flow Chart.

Barcode: 31234013921455

Folder os36: Nevada Test Site

Test Structure Plans: General Plan diagram; Sections diagrams (2 sheets); Catenary Cable Layout Details; Storage Bay; Entrance Door; Backfill Plan; Tunnel Baffles.

Barcode: 31234013921463

Folder os37: New York City Tunnels

Ray's Hill Tunnel Machinery blueprints (5 sheets); Pier at Foot of West 39th Street (1890) blueprints (4 sheets); Gravel Elevator for Battery Park Tunnel (3 drawings); Ray's Hill Tunnel Pennsylvania Turnpike blueprints (4 sheets); Ray's Hill Tunnel Ventilation Piping blueprints (2 sheets); Elbow and Sleeve Couplings blueprint, Church St.; Queens Mid-Town Tunnel Steel and Timber Supports blueprint; Delaware Aqueduct blueprints (4 sheets); Progress Chart.

Barcode: 31234013921471

Folder os38: North Metropolitan Relief Sewer

Structural Details blueprint; Muck and Flat Car blueprints (2 sheets); Proposed Tunnel Lining blueprint; Well Equipment, Shaft Platforms, and Muck Cars (5 drawings); Chelsea Sewer blueprints (4 sheets); Everett and Chelsea Sewer blueprints (4 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921489

Folder os39: North River Water Pollution Control Project (WPCP), 1973-1976

New York: Rough Renderings of Tunnel Shape, Elevations [2 graph paper sheets, folded]; Work Progression Chart by Project [2 graph paper sheets, folded]; Concrete point map Outline of work done and work needed; Tunnels, Construction Shaft through Supported and Unsupported Rock (2 drawings); Route & Key Plan for sewer along Miller Highway, NY (2 drawings).

Barcode: 31234013921497

Folder os40: Ortiz Placer Development

New Mexico (1 sheet)

Barcode: 31234013921505

Folder os41: Pantex Production and Assembly Facilities

Floor Plans (2 sheets).

Barcode: 31234013921513

Folder os42: Rutger's Street Tunnel

Plant Layout Study drawing; Soundings blueprint; Progress Chart; Shaft and Pier Plans and Progress (3 diagrams); Wiring Diagram for Cage Hoists blueprint; Shims for Special Casings diagram; Proposed Building Methods [4 folded diagrams].

Barcode: 31234013921521

Folder os43: Saint Andrew's Sound and Satilla River, GA

2 Sounding Maps [reason for inclusion in collection unknown].

Barcode: 31234013921539

Folder os44: 60th Street Tunnel

Complete Contract Blueprints with index.

Barcode: 31234013921547

Folder os45: Waukegan Harbor PCB Contamination Removal

Subsurface Investigation Diagrams and Figures. (13 sheets)

Barcode: 31234013921554

Folder os46: Mason, Hanger and Coleman Company Charter.

Barcode: 31234013921562

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Project Files.],
[Series 2: Oversize Project Files],
[Series 3: Project Photographs],
[Series 4: Publications and Office Papers],
[Series 5: Financial & Corporate Records],
[Series 6: Office Files],
[Series 7: Financial Records (Ledgers)],
[Series 8: Agricultural Records, 1933-1974],
[Series 9: Oversize Material],
[Series 10: Artifacts and Memorabilia],
[All]

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