George W. Rafter papers

Collection — mapcase folder: 1

Identifier: 4383

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, writings, and publications relating to civil engineering; some personal and family correspondence; photographs; and genealogical materials. Also includes Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Tide Waters, Dec. 7, 1900, volume 2 and atlas (141 folded maps and profiles).

Dates

1872-1920.

Creator

Rafter, Geo. W. (George W.), 1851-1907. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George W. Rafter studied at Cornell University and served as a civil engineer in Rochester, N.Y. and elsewhere. He designed sewage disposal plants in a number of communities in western New York; worked for the State of New York on the problem of river control, moveable bridges, and high masonry dams; made surveys and estimates for a ship canal from Lake Ontario through Oneida Lake down the Mohawk to the Hudson River; and after 1900 engaged in private consulting practice. He was sole or joint author of some 175 books and papers in addition to innumerable professional reports.

Extent

2.2 cubic feet. (2.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, writings, and publications relating to civil engineering; some personal and family correspondence; photographs; and genealogical materials.

Physical Description

Correspondence, publications, photographs, genealogical materials.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: E. Engst, N. Dean
Date completed:: 1991
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, January 2002
Date modified:: Kristen Reichenbach, January 2019