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Accession #MU2016/8
TopicPhysical Plant: Projects, In House Maintenance,
TitleIN House Maintenance Projects
LocationMC General File, IIS: Physical Plant
CitationIN House Maintenance Projects, MU2016/8, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceGary Heckman removed display board from second floor of Power Plant and brought the boards to the Archives
Scope and Content


IN HOUSE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS - Photo Descriptions:

    1. AIR CONDITIONING UNITS BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOOR ARE COOLED.

    2. GROUNDS DEPARTMENT - BOB BESORE RESTORING THE LATEST GROUNDS VEHICLE.  BOB

      MAINTAINS 7 CARS, 6 VANS, 4 TRACTORS, 3 MOWERS, 1 DUMP TRUCK, AND 4 WELL WORN

      MAINTENANCE TRUCKS.

       

    3. CONCRETE FLOORS REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR ELEVATOR SHAFT.

       

    4.  TOP OF SHAFT.

       

    5. CALVIN ULREY –1993 RENOVATION AN IN-HOUSE PROJECT COMPLETED AT WELL UNDER CONTRACTED COSTS.  THE ELEVATOR INSTALLATION AT $80,000.00 COMPARES FAVORABLY WHEN SIMILAR FOUR STORY ELEVATORS HAVE A $250,000.00 INSTALLED COST.

       

    6. LOOKING DOWN ON ELEVATOR CAR SHAFT AND PLASTERING – ELBERT SAMMONS AND DALE

      KELSEY.

       

    7. TUNNEL TO LIBRARY – TYPICAL OF THE 1800’ OF TUNNEL UNDER CAMPUS.  TUNNEL MARKED IN GREEN.

       

    8.  NEW TUNNEL TO NEW OAKWOOD – IN-HOUSE SAVED $60,000.00 OVER CONTRACTING. NEW    ELECTRICAL VAULT PROVIDED BADLY NEEDED SPACE FOR CONNECTIONS.

    9. A WINTER OF 1994 PROJECT HAS BEEN TO MODIFY THE LOOP FLOW AND CONTROL.  PROJECTED SAVINGS BY DOING IT IN-HOUSE ARE $100,000.00.  AS MORE BUILDINGS ARE AIR CONDITIONED, THE 120 TON ABSORPOR MAY COME OUT OF MOTHBALLS IF A PONY BOILER IS ADDED TO SUPPLY IT WITH STEAM.

    10. GARBER HALL - SUMMER WATER HEATER (TYPICAL OF 9) THIS 1986 IN-HOUSE PROJECT PROVIDES DOMESTIC HOT WATER WITH THE CENTRAL BOILER PLANT SHUT DOWN.  THE SAVINGS OF $250.00 A DAY PAID BACK IN LESS THAN TWO SUMMERS.  HALF OF THE INITIAL COST WAS COVERED BY AN INDIANA ENERGY GRANT.  GRANT WRITER - DOUG CAMPBELL.

    11. BALL FIELD IRRIGATION SYSTEM: A JOINT GROUNDS AND PLUMBING DEPARTMENTS EFFORT INVOLVING A 6" NON-PORTABLE WELL AND TWO MILES OF PIPE.

    12. (NO CAPTION FOR THIS PHOTO).

    13. OTHER GRANT PROJECTS: DANFOSS VALVES - WINGER, IKE, OAKWOOD      HONEYWELL VALVES: WINGER, SCIENCE (NO PHOTOS FOR THIS).

Date of Accession22 March 2016
Bio History Note

Money-saving in-house projects achieved by Manchester's Physical Plant. 

Display board with captions and photographs displayed in Power Plant Building (2nd Floor) and unprotected from temperature, humidity, and dust.
Archivist NoteDescription typed from the original text on display board by Tanya Moyer, Administrative Assistant, Funderburg Library, and accession record prepared 22 March 2016 by Jeanine Wine.
 


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