Casket from Stevens Institute of Technology

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Guest, John, 1785-1852--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Stevens, Robert Livingston, 1787-1856--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering (Hoboken, N.J.)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Stevens Institute of Technology--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Stevens Alumni Association (Stevens Institute of Technology)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Technical institutes--New Jersey--Hoboken--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works.
Rolling-mills--Wales--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Hoboken (N.J.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Hoboken (N.J.)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

A photograph of a casket (front view) presented to Andrew Carnegie by the Alumni Association of the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, for funding the construction of the Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering. According to the inscription on the inside of the casket's lid, the casket contains "a portion of the first T rail ever manufactured, the same having been rolled in 1831 at the mills of Sir John Guest in Wales under the personal supervision of Mr. Robert L. Stevens who devised the rail and contracted for its manufacture in quantity for the Camden and Amboy R.R. of which he was president and engineer-in-chief." Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm

Stevens Alumni Association (Stevens Institute of Technology)

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department

Photograph; Image

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CA-273
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English

Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection

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