Waynesburg Album, Photo 04 - Hoisting engineer that powered the pulley system

Photograph

Greene Connections

Waynesburg Album, Photo 04 - Hoisting engineer that powered the pulley system

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Name/Title

Waynesburg Album, Photo 04 - Hoisting engineer that powered the pulley system

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.845

Description

Dated 1901. Hoisting engineer that powered the pulley system which conveyed the stone from the quarry across Ten Mile Creek on a large steel wire to the stone crusher located at the foot of Morris Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Source for caption detail: G. Wayne Smith, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania: Cornerstone Genealogical Society, 1996), 1: 397-400. Original, candid.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2011.2

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Greene County Historical Society

Made/Created

Date made

1901

Lexicon

Search Terms

Occupations--Road workers, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Morris Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN031-0001-0004

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg Album - George David Jenkins Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Owner/Agent

Greene County Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2014

Notes

This photograph is included in an early-1900s album once owned by George David Jenkins [1868-1936]. Jenkins was elected Waynesburg Borough Engineer in 1900 and oversaw the installation of sewer systems and the brick-paving of roads in town. Jenkins' album follows the progress of the projects, providing an incredible pictorial account of the modernization. The album also includes candids of the Jenkins' family, as well as their friends. On 16 March 1912, Jenkins married Irene Ray [1882-1965], daughter of Hon. Joseph Warren Ray and Henrietta Iams. Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, 2014. SOURCE CITATION: Waynesburg Album, Photo 04 - Hoisting engineer that powered the pulley system which conveyed the stone from the quarry across Ten Mile Creek on a large steel wire to the stone crusher located at the foot of Morris Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; dated 1901; item no. GCHS-AN031-0001-0004, George David Jenkins Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).