Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Collection Number
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: University of California, Berkeley Pump Testing Laboratory papers and trade catalogs
Date (inclusive): 1910-1950
Collection Number: WRCA 050
Creator:
University of California, Berkeley. Pump Testing Laboratory
Extent:
6.0 linear feet
(6 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of laboratory log-books, manuscripts, and reports of investigations: flow of water; pipe and nozzle
tests; velocity distribution; hydraulic jump; bed load; ram and water hammer; and pump tests (1938-1950). Collection also
includes 120 machinery trade company catalogs (valves, water wheels, drills, culverts and gates, turbines, pumps, pile driving
machinery, and wooden and metal pipes), 1910-1950.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. University of California, Berkeley Pump Testing Laboratory papers and trade
catalogs (WRCA 050). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California,
Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was LAB. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of laboratory log-books, manuscripts, and reports of investigations: flow of water; pipe and nozzle
tests; velocity distribution; hydraulic jump; bed load; ram and water hammer; and pump tests (1938-1950). Collection also
includes 120 machinery trade company catalogs (valves, water wheels, drills, culverts and gates, turbines, pumps, pile driving
machinery, and wooden and metal pipes), 1910-1950.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Bed load
Flow of water
Hydraulic jump
Hydraulic machinery -- Testing
Hydraulics
Pump turbines -- Testing
Pumping machinery -- Testing
Water hammer
Genres and Forms of Materials
Catalogs (documents)
Manuscripts
Notebooks
Reports