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15 April 2023
- 03:2103:21, 15 April 2023 diff hist +519 Greene Building No edit summary current
18 March 2023
- 03:5103:51, 18 March 2023 diff hist +185 Carnegie Building No edit summary
25 February 2023
- 02:5502:55, 25 February 2023 diff hist +2 Ricketts Building No edit summary
- 02:5502:55, 25 February 2023 diff hist +2,298 N Ricketts Building Created page with "=Ricketts Campus= Palmer Ricketts, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alum and professor, became the ninth Institute Director in 1892. During his administration, in 1901, his role was expanded to President. He held this title until he died in 1934. Ricketts used his role as President to expand the campus physically in number of academic buildings as well as student population. During his administration, "ten major academic buildings and twenty-nine dormitory units were..."
3 February 2023
- 04:5604:56, 3 February 2023 diff hist +2,937 N The Great Fire of 1862 Created page with "=Introduction= On May 11, 1862, a fire started in Troy, NY, which burnt and damaged hundreds of buildings in the downtown area of the city. Over 3 million dollars in damage was caused by the fire in over 500 buildings. This is measured in dollars at the time of 1862. In modern dollars the repairs to the city would cost approximately 7 billion dollars. The fire covered 75 acres during its peak, before it was extinguished 6 hours after igniting. =Ignition and Spread= A tr..."
- 01:1901:19, 3 February 2023 diff hist +28 Main Page →Other local history