Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)

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Material outlining the background history and ownership details of the ship COMET/MAY FLOWER; with a survey drawing tentatively identified as the schooner MORNING STAR.

Scope and Contents This collection documents daily activities in the engine room of the THOMAS E. MILLSOP (U.S. 224662) and general vessel inspections during its service with National Steel Corporation. Engine room logs in 8 volumes cover, in scattered form, the years 1957-1975. The chief engineer assigned to the MILLSOP on each trip during the shipping season was responsible for the entries in this log. Engine performance and ballast water monitoring are two primary items examined daily through these logs....

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Correspondence of a stockholder in Tomlinson Fleet Corporation with balance sheets, reports, lists of stockholders, and other inquiries.

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Handwritten note on Hawgood & Avery letterhead listing names of ships in the fleet and their tonnage.

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Typescript of several letters written by J. Marshall Hinchman to his mother in 1861 regarding travel on the steamboat MOHAWK.

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Summary transcripts of logs of several Great Lakes vessels created by Mark Shumaker. Data normally includes date, type of cargo loaded/unloaded, source port, and destination port.

Scope and Contents This collection records details of maintenance activities conducted on ten vessels on which the Triad Salvage Company performed salvage and repair work. These vessels were the C.L. AUSTIN (US 208397), COMET (US 211398), H.C. HEIMBECKER (C. 317133), FRANCIS E. HOUSE (US 203917), KINSMAN ENTERPRISE (US 203543), MANITOBA (C. 325772), GEORGE W. PERKINS (US 202166), SYLVANIA (US 201840), VERONA (US 204684), and the WESTDALE (C 317133). The records in this subject file date from 1902-1981....

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Listing noting dates for each trip, ports to and from, and cargo carried. Photocopy.

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Log documenting trips for July 19-December 15, 1977.

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A set of several invoices and checks for various tug services and sundry supply orders for various vessels operating in Toledo harbor.

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The tug EDNA G. served at Two Harbors, MN from 1896 to 1981. Included in this microfilmed collection are logbooks for the years 1917-1981. Logs for 1936-1940 are missing. Accompanying the logs are ledgers for tug charges covering 1947-1956. Recorded information includes names of assisted vessels, date and type of assistance provided, and tug charges. This collection is available only on microfilm.

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Cost estimate forms, correspondence, telegrams, and memoranda relating to hulls built by the Union Dry Dock Company (and Buffalo Dry Dock Company) from the 1880s to 1911.

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Summary of the initial claim in a lawsuit from the federal government alleging violations of the Clayton Act after American Ship Building Company purchased the bulk carrier fleet of Litton Industries.

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The Upson-Walton Company was a well-respected manufacturer and seller of marine accessories including rope, cable, rigging, sails, tackles, and other marine accessories. The vast majority of the records are ledgers, contract books, inventories, account books, and journals, while a small number of catalogs and other materials are also present. Most records cover 1873-1930, while the catalogs mainly cover the 1940s-1960s.

Scope and Contents The record series in this collection document activities of the United States Coast Guard, 9th District office in Cleveland, Ohio for the years 1911-1971. These files concentrate on the period 1935-1965. Within the four cubic feet of this collection researchers may examine the commercial aspects of the Coast Guard's duties through files on vessel inspections. These three cubic feet of records (Box 2-4) reflect whether a vessel was enrolled as one licensed to operate on the Great Lakes....

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The sale of vessels recorded at the Ludington, MI office of the U.S. Customs Service for 1864-1949 are presented here. Bills of sale, conveyance records and mortgages include the names of vessels and sale participants and the terms of agreement. In these the researcher can find information on vessel histories and the economic aspects of vessel purchases. The financial and legal files included in the records partially document the regulatory duties of the U.S. Customs Service.

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The Customs District of Oswegatchie, New York was established on April 1, 1811. This collection contains one volume of vessel abstracts, 1836-1841, which provides information on date registered, rig and name of vessel, port of departure, tonnage, and officers and crew. Two additional volumes of detailed wreck reports, 1874-1900 and 1902-1925, are indexed by vessel name.

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This collection documents activities of the United States Customs Service office at Port Huron, MI from 1866 to 1958. Bills of sale and enrollment information appear in largest quantities. The issuance of licenses to individual officers on boats and to boats following inspections is documented. Records of harbor entrances and clearances by vessels reflect patterns of vessel traffic at Port Huron.

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Present are 23 volumes containing copies of inspection certificates retained at the Cleveland, OH office of the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service following examination of steam vessels. These annual inspections permitted vessels to operate on the Great Lakes. The certificates date from 1876-1910. The compiled information focuses on hull materials, boiler tests, recommended crew sizes, and maximum passenger limits for freight vessels, passenger vessels, and yachts.

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Record of name of craft, dates of arrival and departure, destination, and cargo, for the Port of Vermilion, Ohio. Records located in Vermilion Township Justice of the Peace Dockets.

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Logbook for a sailing vessel detailing cargoes carried, ports visited, weather, and other data.

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Letters, written to Father Edward J. Dowling, concerning the ship MONTAUK.

Abstract The Vincent D. Nickerson Collection consists of original perspective drawings, many in color, prepared to provide the details needed for the paintings Nickerson was commissioned to produce. These drawings often provide scale drawings as well as color schemes of Great Lakes vessels from the 1840’s to 1910. In many cases his drawings are the only known details available for a particular vessel. Only a small number of Nickerson’s finished paintings survive, adding more significance to this...

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Two 16mm films taken by W.A. Hoey of Clawson, MI, depicting several vessels on the Detroit River. Identified boats include the TIPPERARY, SOUTH AMERICAN, STE. CLAIRE, and COLUMBIA.

Abstract This collection contains marine architectural subject files regarding vessel construction and conversion projects from 1901 to 1976. Most files are from the period 1940-1960. Many of Bartenfeld's projects involved vessels being converted to and from military uses in the World War II era. The technical aspects of shipbuilding are documented through files on technology and products related to vessel design. Bartenfeld's numerous patents on unloading devices for cargo vessels reflect his...