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| Creator: | Evans, Anthony Walton White, 1817-1886. |
| Title: | Anthony Walton White Evans Correspondence |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1837 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter from civil engineer Anthony Walton White Evans, describing his work surveying the "damnable" 30,000 acres of Montezuma and Cayuga swamps in central New York for the Erie Canal. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Anthony Walton White Evans (1817-1886) was an American civil engineer. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnicm he served as assistant engineer on the Erie Canal, assistant on the construction of a branch of the New York and Harlem Railroad, and chief engineer for construction of railroads in Chile and Peru. Upon returning to the United States in 1860 he became a successful consulting engineer and later president of the United States Petroleum Company and the Spuyten Duyvil Rolling Mill.
The Montezuma swamp later became the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, a major resting area for waterfowl and other waterbirds on their journeys to and from nesting areas in northeastern and east-central Canada.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Anthony Walton White Evans Correspondence consists of a letter from civil engineer Anthony Walton White Evans to William Paterson, describing his work surveying the Montezuma and Cayuga swamps in central New York. The letter reads, in part:
I believe I told you in my last that the state had ordered our party to make a survey of the Montezuma and Cauga [Cayuga] marshes. Now this same survey is by far the worst and most laborious job that the states have in their gift.
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Anthony Walton White Evans Correspondence,
Special Collections Research Center,
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Purchase, 2013.
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Created by: MRC
Date: 27 Mar 2013
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