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 ====== FBG Construction Projects ======
-===== Chronological Listing =====
+===== Chronological Listing [Master List] =====
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+** ├ [[fbglist-geo | Cross-listing by geographical location]] ┼─┼ [[fbglist-typo | Cross-listing by project category ]]  ┤**
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+Frank B. Gilbreth's multiple construction companies created at least 90 large-scale projects over its span of about fifteen years. This list is likely incomplete and there may be many more minor projects that have escaped discoverable records.
+  * //<color blue>Note: the numbering system here is completely arbitrary and used only for convenience and organization of this material. There may be any number of anomalies of actual chronology and undocumented projects. I am also attempting to reorder the projects from time to time as more accurate dates and timelines are discovered.</color>//
+^ ^ Project  ^ Location  ^ Date  ^
+| 001 | //[[P001|Unknown]]// | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | July 1895 |
+| 002 | [[P002|Prescott Hall dormitory]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | Under construction May 1896\\ Occupancy by Sep 1896 |
+| 003 | [[P003|Webster Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1896 |
+| 004 | [[P004|Craigie Hall dormitory (masonry work)]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1897 |
+| 005 | [[P005|Brimmer Chambers apartments]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1898 |
+| 006 | [[P006|Women’s Club building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contracted 1898\\ Completed 1899 |
+| 007 | [[P007|Boston Dispensary addition]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1898-99 |
+| 007a| [[P007a |Power Station for Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway]] | Plymouth, MA | 1901 |
+|  —  |  — //[[gap1899-1902 | Gap of 1899–1902]]// —  |||
+| 008 | [[P008|Lowell Memorial Electrical Engineering Laboratory]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract Jun 1902\\ Completed Aug 1902 |
+| 009 | [[P009|Brick Chimney & Powerhouse for Cambridge Electric Light Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1902 |
+| 010 | [[P010|Expansion of Towns Hotel]] | Bellows Falls, VT\\ [now Rockingham] | 1902 |
+| 011 | [[P011|Enlarge Power Station Canal]] | Garvin’s Falls, NH | 1902 |
+| 012 | [[P012|Extension of Mill for Boston Manufacturing Company]] | Waltham, MA | 1902 |
+| 013 | [[P013|Factory for Cluett, Peabody & Co (Arrow Shirts) ]] | Leominster, MA | 1902 |
+| 014 | [[P014|3-story Building for Lever Brothers]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | 1903 |
+| 015 | [[P015|“Dove” Paper Mill for Megargee Paper Company]] | Modena, PA | Contract Mar 1903\\ Completed late 1903 |
+| 016 | [[P016|Concrete Dam for Potter Hill Textile Mill]] | Westerley, RI | Contract July 1903 |
+| 017 | [[P017|Moses Taylor Hospital]] | West Seneca, NY\\ (Now Lackawanna) | Contract Oct 1903 |
+| 018 | [[P018|Irons & Russell Building]] | Providence, RI | Contract Oct 1903\\ Completed 1904 |
+| 019 | [[P019|Factory for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | 1903-04 |
+|  —  |  — //[[gbf1903 | Great Baltimore Fire, Feb 1903]]// —  |||
+| 020 | [[P020|Piper Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Apr 1904 |
+| 021 | [[P021|3-story Warehouse]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract Apr 1904 |
+| 022 | [[P022|6-story Warehouse for John Duer & Sons]] | [[fbglist-geo#baltimore, maryland|Baltimore, MD]] | Contract May 1904 |
+| 023 | [[P023|Building for DA Sargent/Normal School of Physical Education ]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | Completed Aug 1904 |
+| 024 | [[P024|Ray Memorial Building / Franklin Public Library ]] | Franklin, MA | Completed Sep 1904 |
+| 025 | [[P025| Pumping Plant & Tanks for Boston Molasses Co ]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | 1904 |
+| 026 | [[P026|Factory for Auburn Hame Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | Late 1904 |
+| 027 | [[P027|Hydropower Dam on Saranac River]] | Cadyville, NY | 1904-05 |
+| 028 | [[P028|Two Mercantile Buildings for Rumford Falls Power Co]] | Rumford Falls, ME | 1905 |
+| 029 | [[P029|4-story Mill for Walworth Manufacturing Company]] | [[[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1905 |
+| 030 | [[P030|House & Stable for EJ Bliss]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] (Chestnut Hill) | < 1905\\ Probably 1904 |
+| 031 | [[P031|Powerhouse & Foundation for Syracuse, Rochester & Eastern RR]] | Lyons, NY | < 1905 |
+| 032 | [[P032|Automobile Garage]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1905 |
+| 033 | [[P033|7-story Dormitory]] | [[fbglist-geo#cambridge, massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] | < 1905 |
+| 034 | [[P034|Powerhouse for City of East Orange, NJ]] | East Orange, NJ | < 1905 |
+| 035 | [[P035|Factory for Kursheedt Manufacturing Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Brooklyn, NY]] | Late 1904-05 |
+| 036 | [[P036|Project for Houghton County Street Railway]] | Houghton, MI | Early 1904 |
+| 037 | [[P037|Concrete Canal for Lehigh Coal & Navigation]] | Taylorsville, PA\\ (now Washington Crossing) | 1905? |
+| 038 | [[P038|6-story plant for John J. Latteman Shoes]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Brooklyn, NY]] | 1905 |
+| 039 | [[P039|Plant for Oneida Community Company Ltd]] | Oneida, NY | Jun 1905 |
+| 040 | [[P040|Factory & Warehouse for Walter F Lowney Co]] | Montréal, Québec, Canada | Jun-Aug 1905 |
+| 041 | [[P041|Mill & Mill Town for St. Croix Paper Company]] | Sprague’s Falls, ME\\ (now Woodland/Baileyville) | Contract Feb 1905\\ Construction begun Mar 1905\\ Completed Dec 1905 |
+| 042 | [[P042|Mill Buildings & Mill Town for International Paper Co]] | Piercefield, NY | Contract: Aug 1904\\ 1905 |
+| 043 | [[P043|Dams & Powerhouse for International Paper Co]] | Berlin, NH | 1905 |
+| 044 | [[P044|Rail Car Barn & Substation for NY Central Railroad]] | North Syracuse, NY | Contract May 1905 |
+| 045 | [[P045|Roper Hospital]] | Charleston, SC | Contract May 1905\\ Completion announced Feb 1906 |
+| 046 | [[P046|Hydropower Dam for Walter Baker & Co Ltd]] | Milton, MA | Aug 1904 |
+| 047 | [[P047|Residence for CB Alexander]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Manhattan, NYC]] | Late 1904–05 |
+| 048 | [[P048|Building for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | 1905 |
+| 049 | [[P049|Factory for Simmons Hardware Company]] | Sioux City, IA | Contract May 1905 |
+| 050 | [[P050|Barge Canal for Union Sulphur Co]] | Sulphur, LA | Contract Oct 1905\\ Work until Early Spring 1906\\ //Never completed by FBG// |
+| 051 | [[P051|MIT Naval Engineering Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Jan-Jul 1906 |
+| 052 | [[P052|Mill for Champion Fibre Co]] | Canton, NC | Contract ca. Mar 1906\\ Completed by Jan 1907 |
+| 053 | [[P053|Two Buildings for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Apr-Jul 1906 |
+| 054 | [[P054|Georgetown Steam Plant (Seattle Electric Lighting Co)]] | Georgetown (Seattle), WA | Construction begun Apr 1906\\ In operation 1907 |
+| 055 | [[P055|10-story McGraw Building (“Engineering Record“)]] | [[fbglist-geo#nyc, new york | Manhattan, NYC ]] | 1906 |
+|  —  |  — //[[sf1906 | San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr 1906]]// —  |||
+| 056 | [[P056|North Beach Electric Power Station for City Gas & Electric Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract May 1906\\ In operation Oct 1906 |
+| 057 | [[P057|Two Warehouses for Timothy Hopkins]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906 |
+| 058 | [[P058|Three Buildings for Henry Sonntag]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906 |
+| 059 | [[P059|St. Clair Building (aka Boyd Building)]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Jun 1906\\ Completed Jul 1907 |
+| 060 | [[P060|Mutual Life Insurance Building]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Sep 1906\\ 1907 |
+| 061 | [[P061|4-story Mill for Minterburn Textile Mills]] | Rockville, CT | Contract Sep 1906\\ Construction begun Oct 1906\\ Completed early 1907 |
+| 062 | [[P062|Citizen’s Bank of Alameda]] | Alameda, CA | Contract Sep 1906\\ Completed Apr 1907 |
+| 063 | [[P063|2-story Mill for Henry M. Crane]] | Bayonne, NJ | Contract Sep 1906 |
+| 064 | [[P064|Mill for Champion Coated Paper Co]] | Hamilton, OH | Contract Sep 1906\\ 1907 |
+| 065 | [[P065| Forge & Machine Shop for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Contract Sep 1906 |
+| 066 | [[P066| 2-story Building for Stayman Manufacturing Co ]] | Jersey City, NJ | Contract Oct 1906 |
+| 067 | [[P067|Warehouse for BF Goodrich]] | Akron, OH | Contract Oct 1906\\ Completed Dec 1906 |
+| 068 | [[P068|7-story Wilson Building]] (rebuild) | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | 1907-08 |
+| 069 | [[P069|4-story Union Square Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Dec 1906 |
+| 070 | [[P070|5-story Pacific Grand Hotel]] | [[fbglist-geo#san francisco, california | San Francisco]] | Contract Dec 1906\\ Opened July 1907 |
+| 071 | [[P071|Plant for Pennsylvania Cement Company]] | //Unknown// | 1907 |
+| 072 | see 007a |||
+| 073 | [[P073|Power Station for Blue Hill Street Railway]] | Canton, MA | 1907? |
+| 074 | [[P074|3-story Factory Addition for Columbian Rope Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#auburn, new york|Auburn, NY]] | 1907 |
+| 075 | [[P075|5-story Factory for S.L. Allen & Co]] | Philadelphia, PA | Contract Feb 1907 |
+| 076 | [[P076|Two Warehouses for New England Confectionery Co (NECCO)]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract ~Apr 1907\\ Completed ~Aug 1907 |
+| 077 | [[P077|Two Building Extensions for Yale & Towne]] | [[fbglist-geo#stamford, connecticut | Stamford, CT]] | Contract Apr 1907 |
+| 078 | [[P078|Factory for Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co]] | Gardner, MA | Contract Jun 1907\\ Construction Mar 1908 |
+| 079 | [[P079|“Fenimore” Paper Mill for Union Bag and Paper Co]] | Glen’s Falls, NY | 1907? |
+| 080 | [[P080|Factory for H.C. White Co]] | North Bennington, VT | Contract Nov 1907 |
+| 081 | [[P081|Can Factory for Seacoast Canning Company]] | Eastport, ME | Contract Feb 1908 |
+| 082 | [[P082|Shoe & Leather Exposition Building]] (completion) | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | Contract May 1908 |
+|  —  |  //— [[1909block | Projects in this block may be as early as 1904]] —//  |||
+| 083 | [[P083|Project for Z. & W.M. Crane Paper Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#dalton, massachusetts| Dalton, MA ]] | < 1909 |
+| 084 | [[P084|Project for Dalton Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#dalton, massachusetts| Dalton, MA ]] | < 1909 |
+| 085 | [[P085|Project for Columbia Electric Vehicle Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 |
+| 086 | [[P086|Project for Boston Steam & Power Co]] | [[fbglist-geo#boston, massachusetts|Boston]] | < 1909 |
+| 087 | [[P087|Project for the Lowell Bleachery Co]] | Lowell, MA | < 1909 |
+| 088 | [[P088|Project for Bay Road Construction Co]] | Syracuse, NY | < 1909 |
+| 089 | [[P089|Paper mill for H.G. Lowe Paper]] | Ridgefield, NJ | < 1909 |
+| 090 | [[P090|1-story Extension to Cotton Mill for H.E. Danner Textile Co]] | Paterson, NJ | Contract Jul 1908\\ Construction begun Dec 1908\\ Probably completed Feb 1909 |
+| 091 | [[P091|Box Plant for Atwood-McManus Co]] (reconstruction) | Chelsea, MA | Dec 1908-Mar 1909 |
+| 092 | [[P092|Hydroelectric Powerhouse for Grand Falls Power Co]] | Grand Falls, NB/ME\\ (international river border) | Contract Mar 1909\\ //Never completed// |
+| 093 | [[P093|Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse for Warren County Power Co]] | Columbia, NJ | Contract Oct 1909 |
+| 094 | [[P094|Ransom Hollow Dam & Powerhouse]] | Creighton, GA | Contract Feb 1910 |
+| 095 | [[P095 | 4-story Apartment Building for Isaac Wrubel ]] | Paterson, NJ | Contract Feb 1910 |
+| 096 | [[P0961|Paper Mill for Union Bag & Paper Co]] | Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | Contract Sep 1910\\ In service early 1912 |