Canal Park Marine Museum
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Pittsburgh Steamship Company records
Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-2223-mf
Scope and Contents
A variety of materials relating to company history including annual meetings minutes for 1950, 1955-1957, and 1960; loading and ballasting manual for several vessels, annual meeting minutes of the Interlake Steamship Company, 1914; and the Shipping Payroll Manual for the Great Lakes Fleet of the United States Steel Corporation.
Dates:
Creation: 1914-1974
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Portage and Lake Superior Canals records
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0018
Abstract
The records in this collection partially document the operations of two canals constructed between 1860 and 1873 to connect Keweenaw Bay on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula to Lake Superior on the west. Under the 1890 River and Harbor Act, the U.S. government purchased both canals and made extensive improvements. Included in the collection is a daily journal (Aug. 1891-Dec. 1891) that describes the activities of the engineer in charge of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canal during...
Dates:
Creation: 1891-1929
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections