Walter Smith Miscellaneous Ship Drawing collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0074
Collection Organization
The drawings in this collection date from 1900 to 1920. Use of the collection is limited by its incomplete nature. Naval historians and architects, as well as model ship builders, may find the drawings and specifications of greatest value. Economic and Naval historians of the Great Lakes also may find the cost estimates which are contained in the Great Lakes Engineering Works of use.
Drawings from the Sidney McLouth Shipyard in Marine City, Michigan are of particular interest to historians because many of the plans were never realized. It also is questionable where or if copies of the McLouth plans exist in any other repository. Drawings from the Chicago Ship Building Company, Detroit Dry Dock, and Great Lakes Engineering Works compliment, and in some cases, duplicate, those drawings microfilmed under the Great Lakes Architectural Drawings Project at the Center for Archival Collections.
The designs of S. B. Kingsbury, naval architect, and drawings from Johnson Brothers, Charles L. Seabury & Company, and the drawings of unidentified ship builders are also unique.
The list of specifications for various ships and boats may provide information to model ship builders and naval historians of the Great Lakes. Specifications listed are for proposed ships, as well as some ships that were built, and range from tugs to passenger propellers.
CHICAGO - Chicago Ship Building Company - Hull No. 35 - ILLINOIS, Steel Fire Tug - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
DETROIT - Detroit Dry Dock Company - Hull No. 187 - CITY OF DETROIT III, Steel Sidewheel - Passenger Gallery, Promenade, and Upper Deck and Cabin Plans, undated, 1912
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1912
FERRYSBURG, MICHIGAN - Johnson Brothers, 1908-1909
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1908-1909
Hull No. 32 - FRANCIS B. HACKETT - Tug, Midship Section, December 12, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: December 12, 1908
Hull No. 35 - MACKINAC, Steel Passenger Propeller - Outboard Profile (11/27/1909), November 27, 1909
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: November 27, 1909
ECORSE/ASHTABULA - Great Lakes Engineering Works, 1903, 1907
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1903
- Creation: 1907
Proposed Passenger Twin Screw Propeller, September 12, 1903
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 12, 1903
Plan of Ship Yard, February 2, 1907
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 2, 1907
Superior Ship Building Company, Superior, Wisconsin, 1907-1915, undated
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1907-1915, undated
Hulls No 518 & 519- AMES WARD and H. P. BOPE - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 36 - BURLINGTON, Package Freighter - Burgee, July 1, 1907
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 1, 1907
Proposed Freight and Passenger Steamer - Outboard Profile with Deck Plans, August 21, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: August 21, 1908
Barges No. 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 - Midship Section, August 6, 1909
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: August 6, 1909
Hull No. 82 - COLONEL JAMES SCHOONMAKER, Steel Bulk Carrier - Outboard Profile with Deck Plans , 1911
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1911
Excursion Steamer for Ashley and Dustin - Deck Plans, October 22, 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: October 22, 1910
Proposed Hopper Conveyor Steamer - Midship Section, April 5, 1913
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: April 5, 1913
Hull No. 132 - HURON, Conveyor Steamer - Inboard Profile, May 6, 1914
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: May 6, 1914
Proposed Sand Steamer - Midship Section, July 22, 1914
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 22, 1914
Twin Screw Passenger Steamer 252 x 43.6 x 25.6 feet, no hull number, undated
Item – Reel 1
Proposed Passenger Steamer - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
Proposed 1000 Ton Fueling Lighter, undated
Item – Reel 1
Detroit River Tunnel - Specifications for Steel Tubes, undated
Item – Reel 1
Specifications for a Steel Steamship for the Shenango Steamship Company, Hull No. 17, undated
Item – Reel 1
Cost Estimates, 1914-1915, n.d.
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1914-1915, n.d.
Hull No. 95 Steamer LOUIS R. DAVIDSON, September 3, 1915
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 3, 1915
Hull No. 126 Duplicate of Steamer WILLIAM DAVOCK, September 3, 1915
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 3, 1915
Hull No. 78 Duplicate of Steamer THEODORE H. WICKWIRE JR., September 3, 1915
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 3, 1915
Hull No. 75 Bulk Freight Steamer WILLIAM B. DICKSON, September 25, 1915
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 25, 1915
Hull No. 107 Steamer NORTH AMERICAN, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Passenger Steamer for R. C. Davis, et al., n.d.
Item – Reel 1
The Indiana Transportation Company, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 133 Sand Steamer for C. W. Cadurle, July 25, 1914
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 25, 1914
Passenger Steamer SOUTH AMERICAN, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 139 (no company) - Tug, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 127 Steamer CHARLES HEIDEN, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Cost Summaries
File – Reel 1
Hull No. 83 WILLIAM P. SNYDER, JR., n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Hull Nos. 104 & 105 EDISON LIGHT and GEORGE HAWLEY, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
Estimated floating weights, n.d.
Item – Reel 1
KINGSBURY, S. B., Naval Architect - Designs, 1908-1914, undated
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1908-1914, undated
Power Cruiser for William J. Gunnell, Buffalo, New York - Outboard Profile , January 28, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 28, 1908
Power Cruiser for William J. Gunnell, Buffalo, New York - Lines, February 21, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 21, 1908
Power Cruiser for James Pease, Esq., Chicago - Henry Burger Builder - Outboard Profile/Cabin Plans, February 14, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 14, 1908
Ferry Launch for the Detroit Yacht Club - Outboard Profile with Deck Plan, January 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 1910
Ferry Launch for the Detroit Yacht Club - Construction Plan, January 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 1910
Ferry Launch for the Detroit Yacht Club - Sections, January 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 1910
Special 40 ft. Shallow Draft Launch for Gile Boat & Engine Company, Ludington, Michigan - Outboard Profile with Deck Plan, August 8, 1911
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: August 8, 1911
Power Cruiser for Gile Boat & Engine Company - Outboard Profile/Deck Plan/Midship Section, June 1914
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: June 1914
Trunk Cabin Cruising Launch - Outboard Profile/Deck and Cabin Plans, undated
Item – Reel 1
Steel River Launch for Gile Boat & Engine Company 48 x 10 x 3 feet - Lines, undated
Item – Reel 1
MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN - Manitowoc Dry Dock Company, 1907-1910, undated
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1907-1910, undated
Hull No. 18, 19, or 21 - 550 cubic yard Dump Scow - Sections, March 26, 1907
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: March 26, 1907
Hull No. 28 - UNITED STATES, Passenger Steamer - Midship Section, November 3, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: November 3, 1908
Hulls No. 32 & 33 - Contract Cancelled, Barge - Inboard Profile/Deck Plan, undated
Item – Reel 1
Hulls No. 32 & 33 - Contract Cancelled, Barge - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 36 - ALABAMA, Steel Passenger Propeller - Outboard Profile, undated
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 36 - ALABAMA, Steel Passenger Propeller - Lines, February 4, 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 4, 1910
Hull No. 36 - ALABAMA, Steel Passenger Propeller - Midship Section, July 19, 1909
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 19, 1909
Hull No. 36 - ALABAMA, Steel Passenger Propeller - Trim Sheet, June 21, 1909
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: June 21, 1909
Hull No. 38 - M. G. HAUSLER, Sand Boat Steamer, Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
MARINE CITY, MICHIGAN - Sidney McLouth Co., 1890-1921, n.d.
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1890-1921, n.d.
Derrick Steamer for Superior, 1916
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1916
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - New Forward Arrangement (Outboard)
Item – Reel 1
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - Inboard Profile, June 8, 1890
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: June 8, 1890
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - Inboard Profile, August 10, 1920
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: August 10, 1920
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - Midship Section, January 2, 1916
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 2, 1916
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - Midship Section, January 27, 1916
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 27, 1916
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - Midship Section, December 26, 1916
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: December 26, 1916
Reconstruction plans for Globe Shipbuilding Hull No. 47 - SAMUEL MITCHELL, Steel Bulk Propeller - Forecastle Deck and Pilot House Joiner Plans, January 15, 1916, April 15, 1916
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 15, 1916, April 15, 1916
Proposed Yacht - Outboard Profile/Deck Plans, September 17, 1919
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 17, 1919
Proposed Yacht - Inboard Profile/Cabin Plans, September 17, 1919
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 17, 1919
Proposed Yacht - Inboard Profile/Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
Proposed Tank Ship for carrying sand and water - Outboard Profile/Deck & Cabin Plans, February 8, 1920
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 8, 1920
Hull No. 2 (Cleveland Ship Building Company) - SCRANTON - Lower Pilot House & Texas Deck, May 29, 1920
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: May 29, 1920
Hull No. 2 (Cleveland Ship Building Company) - SCRANTON - Proposed Forward Joiner Plans (3), May 21, 1920, June 10, 1920, January 3, 1922
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: May 21, 1920, June 10, 1920, January 3, 1922
Proposed Patrol Boat - Midship Section (2), July 12, 1920, undated
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 12, 1920, undated
Proposed Patrol Boat for the Ohio Department of Agriculture - Outboard Profile/Deck Plan/Cabin Plan (2), September 25, 1920
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: September 25, 1920
Proposed Patrol Boat for the Ohio Department of Agriculture - Longitudinal Section, January 3, 1921
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 3, 1921
Proposed Fishing Tug - Outboard Profile/Deck Plan, February 12, 1921
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 12, 1921
Map of Yard showing storage of Emergency Fleet Corporation Stock, February 17, 1921
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: February 17, 1921
150 ft. Sea-Going Wooden Tug Boat Drawing - No. H-1085-19 (Cox & Stevens Design) - Rigging Plan, undated
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. (none) - JAMES P. DONALDSON, Wood Bulk Propeller - Inboard Profile/Deck Plan
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. (none) - JAMES P. DONALDSON, Wood Bulk Propeller - Midship Sections (2), undated
Item – Reel 1
Unidentified Tug, undated
Item – Reel 1
MORRIS HEIGHTS, NEW YORK - Charles L. Seabury & Co. - Gasoline Motor Yacht, April 26, 1918
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: April 26, 1918
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN - American Steel Barge Company - Hull No. 523 - C. W. CALDWELL, Steel Sand Dredge Propeller - Lines, March 15, 1911
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: March 15, 1911
TOLEDO, OHIO - Toledo Ship Building Company, 1901-1912 (scattered), n.d.
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1901-1912 (scattered), n.d.
Hull No. 82 - PURITAN, Steel Bulk Propeller - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
Hull No. 123 - THOUSAND ISLANDER, Steel Passenger Propeller - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
US Dredge Maumee, US Engineer Office, Cleveland, Ohio - Bow Elevation, April 22, 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: April 22, 1910
US Dredge Maumee, US Engineer Office, Cleveland, Ohio - Section AA, April 22, 1910
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: April 22, 1910
Proposed Steamer for the Ohio Fishing Commission (American Ship Building Company) - Outboard Profile/Deck Plan/Midship Section, June 22, 1920
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: June 22, 1920
Proposed Passenger Ship for DBI & W Ferry Company - Inboard Profile/Deck Plans, undated
Item – Reel 1
Proposed Passenger Ship for DBI & W Ferry Company - Midship Section
Item – Reel 1
Yacht No. 59 - Outboard Profile/Deck Plan, undated
Item – Reel 1
Yacht No. 59 - Inboard Profile/Deck Plan, undated
Item – Reel 1
Yacht No. 59 - Lines, undated
Item – Reel 1
Yacht No. 59 - Midship Section, undated
Item – Reel 1
Dredge, Drawing No. 6535-18, no name, no builder, undated
Item – Reel 1
LILLIAN - Naptha Launch - Outboard Profile/Cabin Plan, No builder, undated
Item – Reel 1
STE. CLARE - 21 ft. Boat owned by F. H. Walker - Sail Plan, no builder, undated
Item – Reel 1
STE. CLARE - 21 ft. Boat owned by F. H. Walker - Alterations, no builder, undated
Item – Reel 1
Specifications, 1918, undated
File – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1918, undated
Steamer WILLIAM P. SNYDER, JR., undated
Item – Reel 1
The construction and equipment of two steel single screw ocean-going steamers for the New England Coal and Coke Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Item – Reel 1
A single screw cargo steamer for carrying fish in bulk
Item – Reel 1
The construction equipment and fitout of a steel sand and gravel steamer for use on the Great Lakes for C. W. Cadwell of Windsor, Ontario
Item – Reel 1
A proposed sea-going tug - Design A
Item – Reel 1
A ferry steamer for the Walkerville Ferry Company
Item – Reel 1
A proposed sea-going tug for the Argentine Republic
Item – Reel 1
A steel oil barge for lake service
Item – Reel 1
A single screw steel tug for W. G. Wilmot & Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Item – Reel 1
A proposed sea-going tug - Design B
Item – Reel 1
A proposed sea-going tug - Design C
Item – Reel 1
A single screw cargo steamer for the A. H. Bull Steamship Company
Item – Reel 1
The construction and equipment of two steel single screw ocean-going steamers for the New England Coal and Coke Company
Item – Reel 1
A passenger steamer for R. C. Davis et al. (Steamer SOUTH AMERICAN)
Item – Reel 1
Proposed passenger and freight steamer for the Indiana Transportation Company
Item – Reel 1
General description and specifications of a twin screw passenger and freight steamer to be built for the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company to suit either of the routes Toronto to Prescott to Montreal, Montreal to Quebec, and Quebec to Saguenay
Item – Reel 1
A twin screw passenger steamer for the Boston-Nova Scotia trade
Item – Reel 1
Sand dredge for C. H. Little Company, Hull No. 127
Item – Reel 1
Sternwheel steamboat JOHN EWENS for Mississippi River Commission
Item – Reel 1
The construction of a steel sand sucker steamer for H. K. Oakes and others of Cleveland, Ohio
Item – Reel 1
Fitout list quantities for each tug, Hulls 5-13
Item – Reel 1
A single screw wooden sea-going tug boat for the US Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation (1918), 1918
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1918
Logbook of steamer SAMUEL MITCHELL, 1908 season, 1908
Item – Reel 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1908