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Scope and Contents
The papers are reports by Nagler and others on proposed water power developments on the Cedar and Iowa rivers and the effect on the Fort Dodge sewage disposal problem of a proposed dam on the Des Moines River, all in Iowa, and Nagler’s master's thesis at the University of Michigan.
Biographical Note
Floyd August Nagler was born in Howard City, Michigan, January 11, 1892, and died in Iowa City, November 10, 1933. The last name is pronounced “Nogler.” His degrees were B.S., Michigan State University, 1914; M.S.E., University of Michigan, 1915; Ph.D., 1917. Nagler was employed by engineering firms, 1914 -- 1920, and taught hydraulic engineering at the University of Iowa from 1920 until his death. He was the first director of the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (appointed 1931), served as a consultant, and earned awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Nagler collected turbines and waterwheels for the Institute.
Related Materials
Mutel, Cornelia F. “Floyd Nagler’s Passion for Water Power,” Iowa Heritage Illustrated 77 (Winter 1996): 152-156.
Nagler, Floyd. The Passing of the Old Water Mills in Iowa. Iowa City : University of Iowa, Office of the State Archaeologist, 2004.
Folder, "Nagler, Floyd A.," in Faculty and Staff Vertical Files Collection (RG 01.15.03)
Box Contents List
Box 1
Reed, John A. [Legal phases of proposed water power development on Cedar and Des Moines rivers], 1921
Fargo Engineering Company, Jackson, Michigan. Report on economics of fall increaser installation at Rochester hydro-electric plant on the Cedar River, Iowa, for Iowa Railway & Light Company, 1922
Nagler, Floyd A. Preliminary report on the redevelopment of the water power on the Iowa River at Alden, Iowa, 1927
Nagler, Floyd A. Memorandum on the effect of the proposed dam on the Des Moines River on the sewage disposal problem at Fort Dodge, 1928
Wardle, J.D. Report on water power of Cedar River at Rochester, Iowa, for the Iowa Railway & Light Corporation, 1931
Nagler, Floyd A. Obstruction of bridge piers to the flow of water. [M.S.E. thesis], University of Michigan, 1915