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Theophilus Russell Countryman papers, [ca. 1875-1942].
BANC MSS 88/48 cLOCAL
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Title:
Theophilus Russell Countryman papers, [ca. 1875-1942]History of science and technology collection
Creator/Contributor:
Countryman, Theophilus Russell, 1857-1949, creatorDate:
1875 (issued)Subject:
n-us-co -- n-us-ca -- s-uy---Mining engineering
Tunneling
Railroad engineering
Tunnels -- Design and construction
Railroads
Technique minière
Tunnels -- Conception et construction
Chemins de fer
tunneling
railroads (infrastructure)
Tunnels -- Design and construction
Railroads
Mining engineering
Railroad engineering
Tunneling
Note:
T.R. Countryman was a mining engineer who worked as a member of an engineering group which surveyed the Mexican national railroad
in 1881. He later worked on surveys for for the Eastern railway in Uruguay, South America in 1889. In 1891, he returned to
the United States and established a civil and mining engineering practice in the gold mining district of Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Type:
memoirs.Photographs.
Physical Description:
.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 88/48 cLOCAL