SC MS 0154.01.10- Albany Water Works Specifications | Lehigh Preserve

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(4p.) (Collectively this pamphlet contains five sets of Specifications governing the building of the additional water supply for the city of Albany in detail. Bound in following the five specifications is a two page document titled Proposal for Constructing the Albany Water Works. As Advertised by the Commissioners August 23rd, 1850. This last document in this collection contains a schedule for description for work proposed for: per acre. per cubic yard. per M. feet, per pound, per house. Printed on the back of this schedule is an example of the legal Agreement a contractor would have to sign. This document is addressed To the Water Commissioners Of the City of Albany. Proposal for Water Works.) (some water staining on back flyleaf) (penciled pagination of the text is 685-710).

Full Title

SC MS 0154.01.10- Albany Water Works Specifications

Member of

Albany Water Works, 1835-1851

Contributor(s)

Creator: Albany (N.Y.). Water Commissioners' Office

Publisher

eng

Date Issued

1850-08-23

Type

Genre

Form

pamphlets

Subject (Geographic)

Subject (Name)

Albany (N.Y.). Common Council. Water Committee

Media type

Date Captured

2023-05-18

Identifier

Call Number 0154.01.10

OCLC 471359508

URI https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/1026525

Note

Capture Device CopiBook Cobalt HD

ppi 300

box 1

Folder 10

Extent

Page 32

Dimensions 14.5 x 23 cm.

Subject (LCSH)

Date Season

Related Item

Title SC MS 0154 Albany Water Works, 1835-1851

Subject Hierarchical Geo

Country United States

State New York

County Albany

City Albany

Date Other

1850

Office, A. (N.Y.). W. C. (1850). SC MS 0154.01.10- Albany Water Works Specifications (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/archival-collections/albany-water-works-1835-1851/sc-ms-01540110-albany

Office, Albany (N.Y.). Water Commissioners’. 1850. “SC MS 0154.01.10- Albany Water Works Specifications”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/archival-collections/albany-water-works-1835-1851/sc-ms-01540110-albany.

Office, Albany (N.Y.). Water Commissioners’. SC MS 0154.01.10- Albany Water Works Specifications. 23 Aug. 1850, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/archival-collections/albany-water-works-1835-1851/sc-ms-01540110-albany.

In Sub-Collections

Albany Water Works, 1835-1851

Description This collection of recorded history of the City of Albany’s water supply covers a period from 1835 to 1851. It contains eight printed pamphlets, one bound handwritten manuscript containing numerous pasted-in newspaper clippings, and a map in good condition. A map of the neighboring environs of Albany, New York, attributed to William J. McAlpine, a prominent civil engineer, is included with one of the pamphlets. Four pamphlets are printed by differentAlbany printers. The handwritten manuscript is attributed to the private Albany Water Works Company apparently as committee meeting notes interspersed with newspaper articles from the Albany Evening Journal. The newspaper articles describe the water situation in Albany at the time. The engineering representatives of the private company conduct an exchange of comments with the Albany citizens regarding the water supply situation in the meeting notes and the newspaper articles. The four other printed pamphlets detail the articles of agreement and specifications for contractors involved with the expansion of the water supply for the City of Albany, New York from 1835 to 1851.