Engineering Department Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: United Telegraph Workers.
label: Collection Creator
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
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content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1874-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0205, Series 15
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is divided into eight subseries: 

1. Organizational Materials, 1922-1970

2. Central Office of Engineering Correspondence, 1902-1945

3. Cable Station Correspondence, 1873-1922

4. Cable Logs, 1910-1966

5. Agreements and Contracts, 1919; 1945

6. Specifications for Western Union, 1913-1960

7. Specifications for other companies, 1909-1955

8. Miscellaneous Materials, 1865-1964
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Engineering Department developed equipment and systems and facilities for the company and carried out technical research. This department was directly responsible for the maintenance and repair of ocean cables and maintaining the company's cable ships and cable stores depot.