Society for Industrial Archeology Industrial Heritage Perservation Grant Applications for 2014
| 1. February 6, 2014: from Bernard Drew for $3,000 to print 100 copies of a paperback on 18th & 19th Century Water-powered Industry in the Upper Housatonic River Valley.
Print 100 copies of paperback, 8x10-inch format, 750-page, 600-illustration book: 18th & 19th Century Waterpowered Industry in the Upper Housatonic River Valley by Bernard A. Drew; distribute half those copies to libraries, historical societies and key historians in the region; make other copies available for sale to interested SIA community and general public. Manuscript is being prepared under a grant from the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
Email received
Cover Sheet
Application page 1
Application page 2
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| 2. February 24, 2014 from Newlin Grist Mill: $3,000 for documentation of a mill water box to enable restoration.
Funding is requested toward engaging J&M Preservation Studio to conduct a professional study of the miil;s 45' long water box so that it may be properly restored. Deliverables from J& M will include plans, elevations, section and details of the water box.
email received
Cover sheet
Application
Letter
Drawing
Jessica Senker resume
Melanie Rodbart resume
Tony Shahan resume
The documentation is part of the next phase of a comprehensive water system documentation project that is currently underway. the project includes an archaeological investigation of the tail race tunnel, construction detail of the tail race tunnel and mapping of the head race.
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| 3, February 26, 2014 from Chamberlin Mill $2,500 for Mill Architectural Construction Documentation
Construction documents will be prepared for rehabilitation of the circa 1860 Chamberlin Mill. As delineated in the project summary, these documents will address rehabilitation of field stone foundations, replacement or repair of specific timber sills and timber framing, replacement in kind of corrugated metal roof, and design of ADA compliant access to the site and building. The building will be rehabilitated as a publicly accessible educational asset. retaining elemenls reflecting its long period of use. All work will conform to the Secretary of the lnterior's Standards for Rehabilitation. and be completed by a Historic Architect, certified by the Connecticui State Historic Preservation Office. Listed on the State Register of Historic Places, this straightforward 30'x50' post and beam sawmill structure, is considered a renrarkably intact example of an increasingly rare building type, important to the settlement of New England villages and farmsteads, and representing an industry long important to the northeast Connecticut region.
email received
Cover sheet
Application
Exhibit A & B
Exhibit C & D
Letters of Sponsorship
Full application off all above this is big pdf file
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| 4. March 3, 2014: Lake States Railway Historical Assoc. $3,000 to contract for Data Entry to enter descriptions of technical drawing of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
email 1 received
email 2 received
email 3 received
Cover sheet
Abstract
Summary
Budget
Resume
IRS letter 1
IRS letter 2
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| 5. March 3, 2014: from Gabriela Campagnol for $3,000 to Conduct an architectural, archaeological and urban historical research through virtual heritage visualization of a quintessential factory tour: Sugar Land, the former headquarters of the Imperial Sugar Company, the first surgar refinery in Texas and the state's oldest extent business.
email received
Cover sheet
Summary, Narrative and Budget
Support Letter
CV
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| 6. March 3, 2014: from Kandace Hollenbach, for $2,956, for Mapping and Limited testing of the Chadwell Gap Coal Company.
email received
Cover sheet
Grant Proposal
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