Joseph T. Richards portfolio of notes and drawings on the Pennsylvania Station project

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    Joseph T. Richards (1845-1933) was a career civil engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company who participated in several of their large construction projects in the first decade of the twentieth century. Richards's chief accomplishments were helping to direct the restoration of PRR lines following the massive destruction wrought by the Johnstown Flood of 1889 and contributing to the railroad aspects of the design for Washington Union Station (1907) and Pennsylvania Station in New York (1910).
    The Joseph T. Richards portfolio of notes and drawings on the Pennsylvania Station project (Accession 2471) collection consists of the contents of a small portfolio of documents relating to the construction of the Pennsylvania Station and its associated yards and terminals belonging to Joseph T. Richards (1845-1933). The collection complements the much more extensive coverage of Pennsylvania Station and its associated tunnels in other Hagley Library accessions.
    Image: 8th Avenue Elevation of Pennsylvania Station. Click here to view in the collection.

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