Scope and Contents This collection contains a scrapbook that documents Fed R. Thomas’ engineering career with the City of Atlanta. The scrapbook includes bridge construction proposals, architectural specifications, and blueprints of bridges. Proposals include Peachtree Creek Bridge and Forsyth Street Bridge and detail bridge length, materials, and weight capacity alongside correlating city regulations. Of particular note is a copy of Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun's (1811-1875) recollection of the city’s...

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...