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Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Sewerage.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Civil Engineering glass lantern slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-4-4480
Content Description

Collection consists of glass lantern slides, likely compiled as a teaching collection for Cornell's Civil Engineering classes. Many images are from central/upstate New York locations. Topics include: water filtration systems, diagrams and graphs, maps, septic tanks, imhoff tanks, sewage filtration beds, sewer construction, chlorine, and photographs of prominent civil engineers. Some of these topics include images and maps of cholera and typhoid infections.

Dates: 1890 - 1920

Ithaca sewage system petition

 Collection — Manuscript box 14 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065301768]
Identifier: 47-5-m.332
Scope and content

Petition requesting the construction of a sewage system in Ithaca, signed by sixty faculty members and about 500 students.

Dates: 1893-1895.

Ogden family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065189288]
Identifier: 4198
Scope and content Family papers include deeds, wills, and other legal papers of Jane Goodman, Priscilla Ogden, Isaac B. Ogden, Mary Ann Bennett, Frances Bennett, and Henry Neely Ogden; a speech about the election of Grover Cleveland; and correspondence, including a letter from Hiram Corson to Anna Bennett Ogden, 1891. Henry Neely Ogden papers include correspondence and documents relating to Ithaca sewer construction; the construction of the stone arch bridge over Cascadilla Creek, including letters from...
Dates: 1841-1947.