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Providing access to the photographic collection of Charles F. Dwyer
Guy, Laura International Organization for Transportation by Rope. North American Continental Section Lerud-Heck, Joanne Ward, Jennifer
Guy, Laura
International Organization for Transportation by Rope. North American Continental Section
Lerud-Heck, Joanne
Ward, Jennifer
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2004
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The Information Center for Ropeway Studies, housed in the Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines, has consolidated information on the theory, design, operation, and history of ropeway systems into one location, built a subject specific database named the Ropeway Database, and provided remote access to bibliographic information on ropeways through this database at: http://ropeway.coalliance.org. The collection was, in large part, donated by Charles "Chuck" F. Dwyer, P.E., a Colorado ropeway engineer with considerable experience in designing, building, testing, and regulating ropeway systems. Included in the gift of materials are hundreds of photographs and 35 mm slides that are currently being digitized, described, and added to the Library's Image Database (http://csmphotos.coalliance.org). This allows interested persons to freely access and view these historically significant photographs and slides from anywhere in the world. These images are of considerable value because they document historical use, accidents, equipment configuration, problem solving, and facility design; the images also contain educational content. This digitization project is one of several efforts taking place to foster new and existing partnerships, further develop the collection, increase visibility of the Center, and improve the availability of Center materials.
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