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Henry Harding

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(UPRR Manuscript Architectural Drawings) [8 railroad design drawings by Union Pacific engineer Henry Harding]

Publication Place / Date

Wyoming / 1869 circa

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(Various)

Color

Pen & Ink with Wash Color

Condition

Stock# 92201

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Description

The Railroads Conquering the West.

Excellent collection of eight hand-drawn designs for railroad buildings and tracks, by UPRR assistant engineer for Wyoming, Henry Harding. This supplements the archive cataloged as 56389.

Henry Harding

Henry Harding was assistant engineer for the USPRR stationed in Laramie, Wyoming, where work for the railroad began in 1863. In addition to his engineering plans, he also produced a number of surveys for the UPRR in Wyoming.

Contents

[Route of the U.P.R.R. Towards Green River Showing Adjacent Landowners]. Sketch paper, with map on front and back. 43" by 12.5"
[Plan of Railroad Turntable, Machine Shop, and Black Smith Shop]. Drafting linen. 17.5" by 10".
[Plan of U.P.R.R. crossing]. Drafting linen. 20" by 14.5"
[Unknown 19th-century street grid]. Wax paper. 19" by 16".
Framing Plan of Freight House for R.R. Drafting linen. 34.5" by 17.5"
Plan of Timber Pier for the Loup Fork Bridge. Drafting linen. 16" by 10".
[Sketch of Bridge Section]. Sketch paper.
U.P.R.R. Trestle 39 4/10 High 1/4" in = 1'. Drafting linen. 11" by 13.5".

Condition Description

Eight sheets of various sizes on drafting linen, sketch paper, and wax paper. With pen and ink, some with and wash color.

Henry Harding Biography

Henry Harding (1837-1910) was a railroad engineer from Hartland, Vermont.

Harding worked for multiple eastern railroads during the 1850s, until he was recruited to serve as an assistant engineer for the Union Pacific under the direction of Grenville Mellon Dodge, an old friend and Chief Engineer of the railroad. Harding worked on the Union Pacific from 1865 to1870, Harding’s particular focus was the design and construction of structures such as bridges, station houses, round houses, and terminals.

After the completion of the Union Pacific / Transcontinental Railraod, Harding returned East, working briefly for the Adirondac, Housatonic, and Naguatuck Railroads, befor taking a job with the United States Engineering Corps from 1873-90, and finally retiring to Hartland, Virginia in 1890.

For a more complete account of Harding’s career, see Ellis, W.A., Norwich University, 1819-1911, Her History, Her Graduates, Her Role of Honor. Published by Major-General Grenville M. Dodge, 1911.