COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS records

Collection

Identifier: GLMS-0049

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents

This collection documents daily activities on the COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS (US 225394) from 1952 to 1974. In 26 log books, the chief engineers and deck officers recorded daily events for each trip sailed in the shipping season lasating from April to December.

Engineer's logs monitored engine performance and are found in 21 of the 26 volumes of this collection. Official logs in five volumes reflect the interests of the officers in consistently noting the speed of the vessel on the various legs of each trip between geographical landmarks.

The trade network on the Great Lakes can be examined in these logs by studying the general routes traveled for particular types of cargo such as coal or iron ore. The company docks where loading and unloading occurred are listed.

Dates

Creation: 1950-1974

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (26 volumes)

Creator

Pickands Mather & Company (Organization)

Vessel History

The COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS (US 225394) was built by the American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio as hull 791 in 1925-1926. The vessel launching occurred on January 16, 1926. The PICKANDS was built as a steel hulled bulk cargo carrier and measured 586'3" x 60'2" x 27'9". The Pickands Mather Company owned the vessel throughout its career and had it assigned to the Interlake Steamship Company division for operational management. In 1974 the PICKANDS was sold for scrap and towed to Santander, Spain where scrapping began on December 13, 1974.

The PICKANDS was named for Colonel James Pickands, a prominent mining and lake transport operator. Pickands was born at Akron, Ohio on December 15, 1839. While a teenager, Pickands moved to Cleveland, Ohio and became a mercantile company clerk. During the Civil War, Pickands rose to the rank of colonel. After the war, Pickands moved to Marquette, Michigan to open a hardware and coal sales business. In 1881, he moved back to Cleveland and in 1883 joined Samuel Mather and Jay C. Morse to found the Pickands Mather Company. Colonel Pickands died July 14, 1896.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This two cubic foot collection was donated to the Institute for Great Lakes Research (now the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes) on September 11, 1974 by David Groh and Dewey Ashton of the Pickands Mather Company in Cleveland, Ohio.