Name/Title
Collection of papers related to the Posey Tube, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
2020.25.1Scope and Content
Acc. No. 20.25.1
Subject Category: Posey Tube
Date or Period: circa 1920's
Object: Clippings, newspaper
Description: A collection of newspaper clippings, some illustrated, and pages from professional magazines titled, "Engineering News and Western Construction News”. Also includes 3 pieces of correspondence from Francis Betts Smith, Consulting Engineer, to Mr. Sherman W. Gibbs. These publications illustrate the completion of the Posey Tube.
Various sizes
History of Object: Material related to the construction of the Posey Tube, submerged under the tidal canal between Oakland and Alameda.
Acquired from: Phylura Ryken (assumed)
Donation Date: February 8, 1997 (assumed)
Date: 05/01/2020
