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Archaeological surveying -- Georgia -- Fulton County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Howard L. Preston Chattahoochee River research materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS175
Scope and Content

This collection includes research material gathered under a grant to study Fort Peachtree at Peachtree Creek and the Chattahoochee River. Included are notes, a copy of the Archeological Survey of Fulton and Cobb counties, and several pamphlets produced by the city of Atlanta.

Dates: 1973-1975, undated

Peters Street viaduct field book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS850f
Scope and Content This collection contains a 1935 field book that documents the construction of the Peters Street viaduct in downtown Atlanta, part of which became Georgia State Route 154. V.W. Smith, the state project's research engineer, likely did the recording. The field book details daily work performed by contractors, including notes on the weather and how it affected the work completed, strategy changes, on-hand calculations, supervisor visits, and higher management schedules. There are also detailed...
Dates: 1935