City and County of Denver; Dept. of Public Works records, 1891-2003 1950-2003.

Denver (Colo.). Department of Public Works, creator.

C MSS WH1741

Finding aid available online and in repository.

1891-2003.

3 linear ft. (3 boxes), 25 tubes, 1 oversize file folder, 4 oversize volumes, 1 oversize folio, 1 audio-visual box, 7 photo boxes

In 1956, a city charter amendment mandated the division of the Department of Improvements and Parks in two separate departments: Public Works and Parks and Recreation. The Department of Public Works is responsible for road maintenance and repair, weekly household trash collection service, design, construction and management of streets, bridges, and public buildings, transportation services through parking management, transportation planning, engineering and operations offices, and protection of the urban environment.

Collection includes drawings and plans for bridges along Speer Boulevard, Denver Stock Yards viaduct, Colfax and Larimer viaduct, Colorado Boulevard bridge across Cherry Creek; contains correspondence and reports (1912-1916). Proposal, contract, specifications for Montclair Parkway Suburban Improvement District, No. 1, (1909-1910). A bound leather record-keeping book with various kinds of handwritten records including, paving, storm sewer, and improvement district records, as well as lists of employees and other miscellany (not dated). And materials from the 1950s related to streets and alleys, sign committee, purchasing committee, Colorado State Highway, traffic engineering, sewage treatment; contains correspondence, reports and maps. Expenditure reports from the office of facilities planning and management (1959-1960). WPA ledger for construction and improvements in Denver area (1935-1939). Photographs of Denver, Colo. streets, bridges, intersections, and construction projects (1950-1990s), Stapleton Airport runway construction and demolition (2003, n.d.), Denver Department of Human Services Division building (1997-1998). Maps of public works projects (1994). Bridge inspections (1995-1996). Reduced size copies of records of construction projects (1891-1969), Denver street photos (1960s-1970s).

Denver (Colo.). Dept. of Public Works -- Archives.

United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado.

Bridges -- Colorado -- Denver -- Design and construction.

Street-railroads -- Colorado -- Denver -- Design and construction.

Municipal services -- Colorado -- Denver.

Ogranization files.

Photographs.

Catalog record based on a preliminary inventory.

Collection contains former -M223 collection and C Photo Collection 298.

Contact Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

In 1956, a city charter amendment mandated the division of the Department of Improvements and Parks in two separate departments: Public Works and Parks and Recreation. The Department of Public Works is responsible for road maintenance and repair, weekly household trash collection service, design, construction and management of streets, bridges, and public buildings, transportation services through parking management, transportation planning, engineering and operations offices, and protection of the urban environment.

Repository also has City and County of Denver, Dept. of Improvement and Parks records, 1895-1959 (C MSS WH1740) and Denver Parks and Recreation Department records, 1861-2009 (C MSS WH1316).

Gift; Benjamin Allen, Denver staff engineer; 2002.

Gift; Marta Norton; 2005.

Gift; City and County of Denver, Dept. of Public Works; 2005, 2009.

Gift; Richard J. Gannon; 2010.

Gift; Elizabeth Hamilton; 2011.

Gift; Amelia Dias Da Silve; 2013.

Gift; Brendan Kelly; 2016.

Gift; Brian L. Mitchell, Director of Denver Traffice Engineering Services; 2019.