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Author Freese, Simon W., 1900-

Title A century in the works : Freese and Nichols consulting engineers, 1894-1994 / Simon W. Freese and Deborah Lightfoot Sizemore
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 435 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Introduction: Germs, Engineers, and Public Health: The Battle against Waterborne Disease -- 1. John B. Hawley, Engineer-Scientist -- 2. White Rock and Lake Worth -- 3. The Water Supply of Saint-Nazaire, France -- 4. Hawley & Sands -- 5. Hawley & Freese -- 6. Lakes Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain -- 7. Hawley, Freese & Nichols -- 8. The Corpus Christi Dam Break -- 9. The Chicago Lake-Lowering Controversy -- 10. A National Emergency -- 11. Back from the Depression -- 12. Building for Victory -- 13. Disarming the German War Machine -- 14. Water for West Texans -- 15. A Thankless Job -- 16. A Texas-wide Water Plan -- 17. People, Plants, and 'Pikes -- 18. Making Lakes -- 19. Marvin C. Nichols, 1896-1969 -- 20. Designs of the Seventies -- 21. Freese and Nichols, Inc. -- 22. Richland, Stacy, and Between -- 23. Simon W. Freese, 1900-90 -- 24. The Second Century
Summary In November of 1891, at the age of twenty-five, John MacDonald Blackstock Hawley arrived in Fort Worth, Texas. A civil engineer from Minnesota, Hawley "hung out his shingle" in 1894 and began a tradition of engineering in Texas that his successors in the firm of Freese and Nichols have continued for one hundred years
This history of Freese and Nichols focuses on the firm's contributions, design innovations, and "firsts" in water supply, water treatment, and wastewater engineering; transportation design for roads, bridges, and airports; city and regional planning; environmental science; and general civil and environmental engineering
A personal as well as professional account, A Century in the Works offers anecdotes about John Hawley's battle-ax punch and eccentric scientific experiments, Simon Freese's penchant for practical jokes, and Marvin Nichols's "water fights" and genealogical shakeups of his family tree
The Freese and Nichols story will interest urban and environmental historians, professional engineers, and those working in related fields of hydraulic engineering, municipal and industrial water and sanitary systems, water quality, dam safety, waste management, transportation systems, aviation facilities, and urban development
The student of Texas history will find much of interest here as well. In many ways, the history of Freese and Nichols parallels that of the state for the past one hundred years. The firm has had a pivotal role in developing Texas water resources since Hawley arrived in the state. And it will be the rare Texas reader who has never gone boating or picnicking at one of the over a hundred Texas lakes engineered by the firm in the intervening century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-420) and index
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Subject Freese and Nichols, Inc.
SUBJECT Freese and Nichols, Inc. fast
Subject Engineering firms -- Texas -- History
Hydraulic engineers -- Texas -- Biography
Civil engineering -- Texas -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History.
Civil engineering
Engineering firms
Hydraulic engineers
Texas
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Sizemore, Deborah Lightfoot
ISBN 058517413X
9780585174136