Chester O. Dale Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Dale, C. O.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Interior
topic: label: Topic
content: Reclamation projects
label: Topic
content: Power plants
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collected for the National Museum of American History by the Division of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (now called the Division of Work and Industry). Date unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dale, C. O.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Chester O. Dale Collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.16 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1920
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0951
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Specifications
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Charts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collectioon is divied into five series.

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 2: Construction Estimates

Series 3: Projects

Series 4:  Specifications

Series 5: Photographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2016.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Charts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection contains correspondence, specifications, contsruction estimates,  proposals, photographs and blue prints of plans, sections, elevations, charts and diagrams for United States Department of the Interior, Reclamation Service Projects, 1908-1918.

Rancagua, Chile where they built a Rio Pangal Hydroelectric Power Plant and and extension of the Coya Power Plant
plans and specs done by the Braden Copper Company and the Hugh L. Cooper Consulting Enginners