PUBLIC "-//North Carolina Division of Historical Resources::North Carolina State Archives//TEXT (US::NcD::[P.C.47.1]::Olsen Associates (Consulting Engineers) Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s-1950s)//EN" "phc_olsen_associates.xml" Olsen Associates (Consulting Engineers) Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s-1950s Processed by: Stephen E. Massengill; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley North Carolina Division of Historical Resources

North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Microsoft Word. Date of source: ca. 1920s-1950s Finding aid completed May 18, 1992, by Stephen E. Massengill; Finding aid encoded by Dietra Stanley, North Carolina State Archives, October 30, 2003 Description is in English. Olsen Associates (Consulting Engineers) Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s-1950s North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 Contact Information Division of Historical Resources North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm Processed by Stephen E. Massengill Date Completed May 18, 1992 Encoded by Dietra Stanley Date Encoded October 30, 2003

Descriptive Summary Olsen Associates (Consulting Engineers) Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s-1950s Olsen Associates (Raleigh, N.C.) The collection consists of negatives and prints of various water and power plants, water towers, dams, sewage treatment facilities, and sites throughout North Carolina. 434 items; Includes negatives and photographic prints. North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Information for Users Access Restrictions

Available for research.

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Preferred Citation

[P.C.47.1] Olsen Associates (Consulting Engineers) Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Office of Archives and History.

Acquisition Information

Donated to the State Archives by Olsen Associates, P. 0. Box 10666, Raleigh, N.C., ca. 1988. The firm has since reorganized and is named Piedmont Olsen and Hensley, P. 0. Box 31388, Raleigh, N.C. 27622. Accessioned by the Archives in May, 1992.

Processing Information

Finding aid completed by Stephen E. Massengill.

Completed May 18, 1992.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of approximately 434 photographic negatives and prints of various water and power plants, water towers, dams, sewage treatment facilities, and sites throughout North Carolina. The cities and towns range from Burlington to Wilson, and at the end of the collection are several groups of unidentified plants. Many of the negatives are deteriorating nitrate and safety based, and prints will be made and the unstable negatives discarded.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by city name in which the plant was located.

Online Catalog Headings Power-plants. Water treatment plants--North Carolina. Water towers--North Carolina. Dams--North Carolina. Sewage disposal plants--North Carolina. Container List 47.1Prints and Negatives 1. Burlington Water Plant, 5 Prints, n.d. 2. Chapel Hill Power Plant, 12 Negatives, ca. 1942 3. Chapel Hill Power Plant, 27 Prints, ca. 1940s-1950s 4. Cherry Point Heating Plant, 1 Print, ca. 1944 5. Elizabeth City Water Plant, 12 Negatives, n.d. 6. Fayetteville Water Plant, 1 Negative, ca. 1953 7. Fayetteville Sludge Drying Bed, 1 Print, n.d.; and Fayetteville Aerial, Unidentified Site, 1 Print, 1958 8. Fayetteville Water Plant and Unidentified Plant, 28 Prints, n.d. 9. Greensboro Sewage Plant, 14 Negatives, n.d. 10. Greensboro Sewage Plant, 14 Prints, n.d. 11. Greenville Power Plant, 6 Negatives, ca. 1951 12. Greenville Power Plant, 6 Prints, ca. 1940-1951 13. Hickory Water Tower, 1 Print, 1948 14. Hickory Pumping Station, 6 Prints, n.d. 15. High Point Water Plant and Dam, 1 Negative, ca. 1940s 16. High Point Waterworks and Dam, 14 Prints, 1927-ca. 1940s 17. High Point Sewage Treatment Plant, 4 Prints, n.d. 47.218. Kinston Power Plant, 7 Negatives, ca. 1930s-1950s 19. Kinston Power Plant, 15 Prints, ca. 1930s-1950s 20. Lexington Water Tower, 1 Print, n.d. 21. Lexington, Leonard Creek Dam, 6 Prints, n.d. 22. Lumberton Water Plant, 1 Print, n.d. 23. Raleigh Water Plant, 19 Negatives, ca. 1939-1951 24. Raleigh Water Plant, 6 Prints, ca. 1939-1951 25. Rocky Mount Water and Power Plant, 21 Negatives, ca.1951 and n.d. 26. Rocky Mount Water and Power Plant, 31 Prints, ca. 1940s-1950s 27. Thomasville Water Plant, 9 Prints, n.d. 47.328. Tarboro Water Plant, 17 Negatives, n.d. 29. Tarboro Water Plant, 15 Prints, n.d. 30. Wake Forest Water Tower, 1 Print, n.d 31. Wilmington, King's Bluff, 1944, 1 Print; Unidentified Site, 1 Print, 1947 32. Wilmington Water Plant, 1 Negative and 1 Print, ca. 1953 33. Wilmington Raw Water Station, 10 Prints, n.d. 34. Wilson Power Plant, 35 Negatives, 1951 and n.d. 35. Wilson Water Tower, 1 Print, n.d. 36. Unidentified Plants, Interior and Exterior Views, Etc., 23 Prints, n.d. 37. Unidentified Plants (Water & Power), Etc. (Black Notebook), 26 Prints, ca. 1950 and n.d. 38. Unidentified Plants (Water & Power), Etc. (Black Notebook), 32 Prints, Albert Barden, Photographer, ca. 1940s-1950s 39. Radio Cabinet, 1 Negative, 1942 40. Misc. Correspondence, Jan. 2, 1946; Water Works Engineering (Journal), Mar. 4, 1936 (Showing Filtration Plant, Rocky Mount, North Carolina), 2 copies Related Material:

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) at http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us