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Richard Cheadle Powell papers, 1907-1966.
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Richard Cheadle Powell papers, 1907-1966Creator/Contributor:
Powell, Richard Cheadle, 1882-1966, creatorAbstract:
Engineering files relating to power plant projects, mainly in Hawaii (circa 1950-1964); a small amount of professional correspondence;
subject files on topics relating primarily to the construction of steam power plants; a few publications by Powell and others
on engineering topics; files of calculation sheets from Powell's work at Bechtel Corporation; nautical charts and topographical
maps (some with annotations) of Maui, the island of Hawaii, and Kauai showing substations and power lines; and files of patents
owned by mechanical engineer Adiel Y. Dodge dating from 1910 to 1965. It is not know how these files came into Richard Cheadle
Powell's possession or what the relationship might have been between Powell and Dodge. The collection also includes one folder
of photographs of an unidentified California power plant (circa 1930).
Date:
1907 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPowell, Richard Cheadle -- 1882-1966 -- Archives
Dodge, Adiel Y
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
University of California, Berkeley. -- College of Engineering.
Bechtel Corporation.
Steam power plants -- Design and construction
Steam power plants -- Equipment and supplies
Steam power plants -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Steam power plants -- Hawaii
Electric utilities -- Hawaii
Electric utilities -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
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Included in: History of science and technology collection.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Richard Cheadle Powell papers, BANC MSS 75/28 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Richard Cheadle Powell was an engineer and a University of California, Berkeley professor. He worked for the Bechtel Corporation
and as a consultant for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. His areas of expertise included the design and construction
of steam power plants. He worked, most notably, on a range of power plant projects in Hawaii, including plants for the Hilo
Electric Company, the Maui Electric Company, the Kekaha Sugar Company, the Laihana Light and Power Company, the Lihue Plantation,
the Puunene and Paia Mills, the McBridge Sugar Company, Kauai Electric Company, and the Samoa Mill.
Adiel Y. Dodge was a mechanical engineer and a specialist in tractor and automotive engineering. He worked for the International
Harvestor Company in the nineteen-teens and was connected to the Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. In 1920, Dodge took
a position with the Racine Engineering Company.
In English.
Type:
Faculty papers.Patents.
Physical Description:
print
3 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize folder (3.95 linear feet)
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.