Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides
name: label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
label: Donor
content: Norwood, Helen Wilkes
label: Engineer
content: Nrwood, Kenneth T. , d. 1991
topic: label: Topic
content: Dams
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Helen Wilkes Norwood, wife of Kenneth T. Norwood, 1992.
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content: Kenneth T. Norwood Dam Slides
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents dam construction in California, Colorado, and Nebraska.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, Norwood grew up in Everett, Idaho, and attended The College of Idaho for three years, and The University of Washington for one year. He had extensive work in advanced mathematics, hydraulics, civil engineering, surveying, and geodesics.

In the 1930's Norwood was employed by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, the Idaho State Highway Department, the W.P.A. of Idaho City and The Bureau of Reclamation. In 1941 he worked for the U.S, Engineers Dept, in Portland, Oregon for airport layouts, then transferred to the L.A. District to enter foreign service in Central America.He was with the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the
Managua, Nicaragua area, in the vicinity of San Marcos de Colon working on the Pan American Highway.

In 1942 he married Helen L. Kubli. There were no children.
 
In 1944, Norwood returned to the United States and worked for Associated Shipbuilders in Seattle, Washington as liaison engineer. He sought a commission in both the Marine Corps and the Navy, but was physically disqualified as 2-A. In 1944 and 1945 he was engineer with Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge at Harbor Island, Washington, and with the Corps of Engineers, L.A. district for the Whittier Narrows Dam. In 1945 he returned to Central America with Tucker McClure Co. and in Guayaquil, Ecuador again working on the Pan American Highway. In 1950 he returned to the United States and was employed by Vinnell Construction Co in Alhambra, California.

Norwood worked on canal projects, highways, dams, flood control, and bridges. He traveled to many underdeveloped countries on government assignments to develop highways, airports, bridges, and did estimating, negotiating and bidding.

In 1963 he left Vinnell Co. and he and Ross Griggs formed Griggs-Norwood Inc. and their work encompassed engineering of all kinds. They were based first in Pasadena, California and then in Long Beach, California. Mr. Griggs soon retired. After Mrs. Norwood's death in 1974 he moved his base to Duarte, California. In 1978 he married Mrs. Helen Wilkes. He retired in 1980 and died May 1, 1991.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .50 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948-1965
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1552
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series, alphabetical by name of dam.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection rehoused by Geoff Kelly, intern; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection contains color slides documenting construction of the Brite Valley Dam, Mancos Dam, Sulphur Creek Dam, and Trenton Dam, in California, Colorado and Nebraska.