Miscellaneous naval architectural drawings collection

Collection

Identifier: GLMS-0134

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

This collection contains naval architectural drawings held by the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes that were not created by the American Shipbuilding Company or Great Lakes Engineering Works. The dates covered are 1867-1992.

Dates

Creation: 1867-1992

Extent

15.28 Cubic Feet (4 flat file drawers, 52 roll storage boxes, 2 letter manuscript boxes and 1 half legal manuscript box)

Creator

Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (Organization)
Sparrows Point Yard (Sparrows Point, Md.) (Organization)
Defoe Shipbuilding Company (Organization)
Fermann, William A., Naval Architect (Person)
Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd (Organization)
Collingwood Shipbuilding Company (Organization)
Steinman, D.B. (David Barnard) (June 11, 1886-August 21, 1960) (Person)
Merritt, Chapman, and Whitney (Cleveland, Ohio) (Organization)
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation (Organization)
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation (Organization)
Davie Industries, Inc. (Organization)
Columbia Iron Works (Organization)
United States. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Ships (Organization)

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various architectural drawings held by the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes which are not part of the American Shipbuilding Company and Predecessors records or Great Lakes Engineering Works records. Some plans for canal locks, docks, and equipment are present. Notable among them are the Erie Marine, Inc. shipyard in Erie, PA, pre-Seaway locks on the St. Lawrence River, and ore docks at Duluth.

The bulk of the collection is made up of plans for Great Lakes vessels, as well as a smaller number for non-Great Lakes vessels. A significant amount of plans are available for Great Lakes vessels built at off-lake yards, such as in Portland, Oregon, and Sparows Point, Maryland. Engine and boiler drawings are present from well-known manufacturers Samuel F. Hodge and the Frontier Brass & Iron Works, both of Detroit. This collection also contains the oldest naval architectural drawing in the HCGL, which is an inboard profile for the Oswegatchie, built at the Ogdensburg, New York, Marine Railway in 1867.

Conditions Governing Access

Naval architectural drawings are located in offsite storage. Please provide 72 hours for in-person access.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Most records of the Defoe Shipbuilding Company are held by the Bay County Historical Society in Bay City, MI.

Related Materials

For other extensive collections of naval architectural records, see GLMS 75 - American Shipbuilding Company and Predecessors records and GLMS 133 - Great Lakes Engineering Works records.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. drawings in this collection were donated by C. Patrick Labadie of the Danal Park Museum in Duluth, MN. A small number of British and Canadian drawings were donated by Carl Seech.