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Record Group Number: 000596
Series/Collection Number: .S 285
Creator: Florida State Improvement Commission.
Title, Dates: Engineering Division records, 1948-1955.
Amount: 2.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: By building project.
Restrictions: Restricted:  Any building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, or diagrams of government facilities or structures in this series are exempt from public disclosure as per Florida Statutes Chapter 119.071 (Chapter 2002-67, Laws of Florida, HB 735, 2002).  This restriction does not apply to facilities or structures that no longer exist.
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Summary:     The series contains records of the Engineering Division of the Florida State Improvement Commission, from 1948 to 1955, pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and alterations of state buildings.  The majority of the records relate to the installation of an electric distribution system in the Capitol Center.  The remainder are concerned with new state building projects and alterations to the Capitol, the Knott Building, and the Whitfield Building.  The new state buildings are listed according to project or job number, not by the name of the building.
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Subject Access Fields: Whitfield Building (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Old Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Capitol Center Complex (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Knott Building (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Public buildings Florida
Architectural records. aat
Florida Capital and capitol
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