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Builders, Providence, R.I. Records, 1916-1968 Size: 2 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 1018 Processed by: Rick Stattler, April 1998 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Scope and content:
Bowerman Bros. has been one of the largest building contractors in Providence for many years. This collection consists largely of files relating to the many construction projects Bowerman did at the Narragansett Brewing Company from 1934 to 1968. The records include estimates, correspondence, sketches and bills. Also included are contracts for a few unrelated projects from 1916 to 1941.
Provenance:
Processing note:
This collection has not yet been processed, and is still housed in its original acidic folders.
Inventory:
Miscellaneous contracts
Folder 1. Cranston Print Works, Cranston, R.I., 1927
Folder 2. Crompton & Knowles Jacquard and Supply Co., Pawtucket, R.I. - Specifications, 1941
Folder 3. Kenney Manufacturing Co., Auburn, R.I., 1925
Folder 4. Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Co., Providence, R.I. - Contract, 1937
Folder 5. Piggly-Wiggly, Providence, R.I. - Specifications and permit, 1932
Folder 6 (legal-sized). Second United Presbyterian Church, Providence, R.I. - Contract, undated
Folder 7. Tockwotton Home for Aged Women, Providence, R.I. - Specifications, 1916
Folder 8. Uncas Manfacturing Co., Providence, R.I. 1928
Narragansett Brewing Company files (folder titles):
E.M. Corbett, Architect, office building, 1934
Addition to wash house 1935, E.M. Corbett
Misc. 1934-1937
Misc. 1939
Misc. 1940
Misc. 1941
Misc. 1942
Misc. 1943
Misc. 1945
Misc. 1946
Cafeteria, E.M. Corbett, 1946
Misc. 1947
Misc. 1948 (includes photo of engraving of power house)
Misc. 1949
Misc. 1950
Misc. 1951
Misc. 1952
Misc. 1953
Misc. 1954
Misc. 1955
Misc. 1956
Misc. 1957
Misc. 1958
Misc. 1959
Misc. 1960
Misc. 1961
Misc. 1963
Misc. 1965
Misc. 1965-1966
Box 2
Narragansett Brewing Company, continued (folder titles):
Proposed cafeteria in old engine room, 1966
Appraisals
#162 (new roof on cafeteria, 1969)
#168 (steel stairs, 1971)
#167 (moving statue, 1971)
#158 (order department office, 1969)
Canopies at car barn
#164 (repairs to wall, 1970)
Notes - appraisal
#166 (replacing wall, 1970)
Parapet repair, 1968
Service building, 1964
Cafeteria loading dock estimate, 1966
Estimate, 1969
#153, ramp cover
Estimates
Estimate, access ramp to cellar #6
Proposed cafeteria
#29 alterations to cellar 1959; #30, conveyor enclosure, 1960
Estimate, guards for columns, bottling plant
Misc. steel and iron
Addition to brew house, 1961
Brew house correspondence, 1962
Pipe bridge
Roofing and sheet metal
#63, hot water heater platform
#55, concrete floor no. 10a cellar
Tile & brick paving
Elevator
Relocate elec. feeders for boiler #6, excavate & patch coal pocket floor
Foundation for boiler #6
#34, Explosion hatches
Water meter pit
Data for change of contract
Warehouse near bottling plant
Dispensary, 1966
Stairway enclosure
Stairway enclosure, 4th & 5th floors
Cover for grain cars
Siding shed 63
Stock house G
Addition to Stock house G
Brew house offices
Specifications for Bottling Plant Alterations (bound volume)
Bottle shop alterations, 1960-1961
Stock house addition, 1965
Canopy, old bottle shop
New hop jack ins., #1 cellar, 1960
Raymond Concrete Pile Co., Caissons, 1961
Owner correspondence, 1962
Service building, 1961-1964
Alt. grain tower, 1960
Hot wort tank, 1960-1961
Master mechanic's office
Power house
Stock house foundation contract
Tunnel, 1957
Tunnel (contract)
Structural steel Brew house erection
Daily logs, 1957: tunnel and bottle shop construction
Correspondence between owner and contractor, 1960-1962
Subcontractors correspondence, 1961-1962
Brew house subcontractor bids
Roof over boiler #6, 1962
Falstaff, 1968
Enclosure under engineering office, 1966
Subjects:
Brewing industry - Rhode Island - Cranston
Construction industry - Rhode Island
Cranston, R.I. - Buildings, structures, etc.
Cranston Print Works (Cranston, R.I.)
Crompton & Knowles Jacquard and Supply Co. (Pawtucket, R.I.)
Kenney Manufacturing Co. (Cranston, R.I.)
Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Co. (Providence, R.I.)
Narragansett Brewing Company (Cranston, R.I.)
Piggly-Wiggly, (Providence, R.I.)
Second United Presbyterian Church (Providence, R.I.)
Tockwotton Home for Aged Women (Providence, R.I.)
Uncas Manfacturing Co. (Providence, R.I.)
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