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Lyman Bridges letters, 1896.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 35 : Folder 14
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Title:
Lyman Bridges letters, 1896Bridges
Creator/Contributor:
Scribner, H. D.Creator/Contributor:
Williams, W. W.Abstract:
Letters from San Leandro Gas and Lighting Company, dated September 17, 1896, and from Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company, dated March 14, 1896, to Col. Lyman Bridges of San Leandro California, with typescripts of both letters.
Date:
1896 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBridges, Lyman
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
San Leandro Gas & Electric Lighting Co.
Electric vehicles -- History
Telephone systems -- History
San Leandro (Calif.)
Note:
Lyman Bridges was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and followed in the footsteps of his father, becaming an architect and
civil engineer after graduating from Worcester Academy. After moving to Chicago he became assistant engineer for the Mississippi
Central Railroad. Bridges served with distinction in the Civil War, and afterwards returned to civil engineering (particularly
on railroads) in Chicago, Vienna, and finally on the Pacific Coast.
Bridges.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
California State Library, California History Section; 900 N Street, Sacramento, California 95814 cau
Physical Description:
print
1 file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 35 : Folder 14
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.