Records of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Engineering Department: Road Contracts, Tunnel Contracts and Supporting Papers, Contract 18 Diaries Continued, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Microfilm rolls were filmed in order by contract number. Turnpike construction contracts organized by general files and specific contracts. Types of files include materials documenting the planning, work to be completed, awarding of, and preparation of contracts for distinct projects relative to the Turnpike and its extensions. Blueprints and diagrams of contract-related structures and material, contract copies and drafts, correspondence, cost and work estimates, field work diaries, material test sheets and results, notes relative to contracts and their specifications, and notices to bidders concerning contract specifications are examples of files included. Contracts for construction of the Tuscarora Tunnel No. 2, pavement repair, roadway lighting at the Harrisburg East Interchange, signage, and tile underdrain from the Ohio Line to Irwin Interchange can also be found. Microfilm covers the Original Section and the Philadelphia Extension only. These contract files include: executed copy of contract, list of bidders, agreement, bonds, proofs of various types of insurance, claims, change orders, accidents, completion certificates, daily diaries of work, photographs, material tests, core boring tests, subcontractors, Board of Arbitration, testimony, turnpike employee field inspection notes, geology reports, surveys, and correspondence. Types of contract projects include grading, drainage, structures, paving, tunnels, ventilation buildings, maintenance buildings, interchanges, toll booths, signage, traffic line markings, gas stations, and affiliated electrical, plumbing, and heating for buildings.
