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1Title:  Garrett A. Morgan Papers     
 Creator:  Morgan, Garrett A. 
 Dates:  1894-1970 
 Abstract:  Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included the electric traffic signal and the gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Co. to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of correspondence, legal and business papers, drawings of the traffic signal, a hair straightening device and an automatic cooker, maps, blueprints and floorplans of Morgan's properties, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, and material relating to Morgan's role in the waterworks crib explosion, the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Co., the National Safety Device Co., and the Wakeman Country Club. 
 Call #:  MS 3534 
 Extent:  0.70 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. | Traffic signs and signals.
 
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2Title:  West Side Cribs, Tunnel Extensions, and Water Filtration Plant Construction Photographs     
 Creator:  Cleveland Water Department 
 Dates:  1912-1915 
 Abstract:  Cleveland, Ohio, had used water from Lake Erie since 1856 through a series of tunnels under the lake from the city. A new water crib (Crib Number 5), located 4 miles into Lake Erie from the city's West Side shoreline, was built to replace the existing water crib (Number 4), which lay much closer to the shoreline. The collection consists of three albums of over 200 photographs taken during the construction of Crib Number 5 and connecting tunnel underneath Lake Erie. 
 Call #:  MS 5406 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Waterworks crib explosion, 1916. | Sewage disposal plants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Water -- Purification -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pumping stations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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