Blueprints of Posey Tube, 1924

Name/Title

Blueprints of Posey Tube, 1924

Entry/Object ID

2025.74.1

Description

Acc. No. 25.74.1 Subject Category: Transportation / Infrastructure; Bridges and Tunnels; Posey Tube Date or Period: 1924 Object: Blueprint book Description: Blueprints with white ink, gathered into two volumes and secured with brass brads. Title volume I: ‘Chapter 1 General Contents’, contains Chapters 1-V and Appendix V-A. Volume 2 contains 'Chapter VII Design of Precast Reinforced Concrete Structure for Estuary Crossing', contains Appendix V11-I. Horizontal scale 80 feet to an inch / Vertical scale 4 feet to an inch. Drawn by: City Engineer, Posey, Alameda, 1927. Size: L 11” W 8 1/2” History of Object: Blueprints of Posey Tube. Donation contact Helen Mecum, donation from Howard A. Schirmer, Structural Engineer of Alameda. Donor: Howard A. Schirmer Donation Date: unknown (prior to 2019) Catalog Date: 5/30/2025