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Sydney B. Williamson papers, 1909-1939. MS 0206. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
Sydney Bacon Williamson was born on April 15, 1865 in Lexington, Virginia to VMI Professor Thomas H. Williamson. He graduated from VMI in 1884 and shortly thereafter began a distinguished career in civil engineering. Most notably, he served as Division Engineer of the Pacific Division of Panama Canal from 1907 to 1914. Williamson was responsible for wet and dry excavation of the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks. He also helped design and oversaw construction of the Pacific Terminal docks, and the water supply, sewers, roads, and streets for the towns of the division. During World War I he served as a Colonel with the United Army Engineers in France. Williamson died in 1939 in Lexington.
The Sydney B. Williamson papers consist of project files, photographs, and drawings that document Williamson's work in Panama, with particular emphasis on the construction of the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks. The bulk of these papers document Williamson's engineering assignments in Panama, South America, and the United States, and his service on the Interoceanic Canal Board. The sizable group of drawings and specifications for the Panama Canal construction is of particular importance.
Includes Pernambuco Power House.
Notes on work with: State of Alabama Front Royal, Virginia Storage Dam, Lexington, Virginia Lake Worth Inlet Terminal, Florida
"Comparison of Floodway Crossings as Proposed by the Yazoo and Miss. Valley Ry. and the U. S."
Includes Chile Copper Plant.
Includes lock gates, gate recess covers, and gate operating machinery.
Includes lighting material, panel boards, reflectors, and lamps.
Includese upper guard gate valve machines.
Includes towing locomotives and tracks.
Includes spillway footbridges, caissons, gates, and machinery.
Includes machinery, gates, bulkheads, screens, and intakes.
Includes electrical wiring for power and control.
Includes snubbing posts and buffer castings.
Includes cylindrical valve machinery, culvert drainage pumps, machinery chambers and layouts, and numbering system.
Includes auxiliary electrical equipment for the Gatun hydro electric station.
Includese photographs of Panama Canal construction, South America, and personal.
Includes photographs of Panama Canal engineers, social life in Panama, and living quarters.
Includes photographs of United States President William H. Taft's visit to Panama to view canal construction.
Includes photographs of United States President William H. Taft's visit to Panama to view canal construction.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Pedro Miguel Lock.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Pedro Miguel Lock.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Pedro Miguel Lock.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Miraflores Lock.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Miraflores Lock.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Miraflores Lock.
Includes photographs of the construction of the Miraflores Lock and Balboa terminals.