Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)

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Photocopy of a summary logbook from the Canadian bulk freighter RICHELIEU. Contains dates, locations, weather data, and notes.

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The story of Captain Henry Kelley's experience aboard the PETER A.B. WIDENER when that vessel lost its rudder near the Rock of Ages lighthouse in November 1926. Written by descendant John L. Kelley and his family in 1982.

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Photocopies of engine logs for the sand dredge NIAGARA for the years 1956-1958, 1960-1961, 1963, and 1967-1968. The name of the NIAGARA was changed to the W.M. EDINGTON in 1969. There are further engine logs for 1970 and 1972.

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This collection provides information on the business transactions of the Nicholson Transit company for the years 1923-1925. Daily correspondence and financial papers document the relationship of the Nicholson Company with customers and product suppliers from whom company purchases were made. Automobile manufacturers and dealers appear in many of these files. Correspondence and financial papers for two of the company's subsidiaries are also included.

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Notes and clippings on Sandusky Bay ice rescue involving the tug LESTER K.

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Information extracted from Lehigh Valley Railroad annual reports on a variety of fleet vessels and shipping statistics and other company history.

Abstract The records of the Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Dock Company partially document the history of the company from 1882-1963. The collection consists of safety committee minutes (1945-1960), company improvement files (1904-1925), vessel lists (1927-1935), labor agreements and grievances (1897-1963), ore shipments (1889-1936), reprimand lists (1905-1907), and operation reports (1908-1913). The operation reports are daily logs of the dock operators and include ore unloading times, references to...

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Logbook for a sailing vessel detailing cargo carried, ports visited, and other notes.

Abstract This collection contains records of vessel damage surveys conducted by Paul J. Ranahan in his career as a marine consultant. Ranahan, a marine engineer, surveyed damage done to vessels involved in accidents to assess the cost of repairs. These records, along with correspondence regarding marine salvage operations, provide a view of the role surveyors like Ranahan played in identifying revenue sources for repair facilities and the expense such accidents caused for vessel owners. The...

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Typescripts of coal loaded on various vessels during the years 1933-1959. The lists are alphabetical by vessel name for each year, and also include tonnage loaded, the number of railcars emptied for each load, forward and aft draft, and cargo destination.

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General logbooks or trip sheets detailing dates, positions, speed, wind and weather, cargo, and remarks for shipping seasons 1961-1962, 1974, and 1977.

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Company records, typescripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles containing the annual appointment of officers in the Pittsburgh Steamship Company iron ore fleet.

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Computer printouts from database containing document, data, and index files for Pittsburgh Steamship Company deck officer appointments for the years 1915 to 1940.

Scope and Contents Ship listing of freighters and barges of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company, with data on tonnage, fuel, earnings, cargo, and other costs of operation for 1907-1908. This collection also contains minutes of the Boards of Directors for the Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Company 1941-1965), McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Company (1919-1942), and McDougall-Duluth Company (a holding company, 1916-1965). Other records include private journals for McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding (1920), McDougall-Duluth...

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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.

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Two bound volumes containing the meeting minutes for the Buffalo Dry Dock Company. The first volume is for meetings of stockholders, while the other is for the Board of Directors.

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Written descriptions and photographs for six yachts built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in the late 1920s.

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Collection contains the titles Hall's Record of Lake Marine, Embracing the Marine Casualties of 1877: rules of navigation, collisions, insurance, courses and distances, steamboats and propellers, also the names of deceased captains, etc., published in 1878, and Hall's Marine disasters on the Western lakes during the navigation of 1871, published in 1872.

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Written radio communications log for 26 of the vessel's time with the American Steamship Company.

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This collection contains ledgers for the steamer HURON, 1865-1868; the constitution, list of officers, and membership roll for the Cheboygan, Michigan, chapter of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (M.E.B.A.), 1891-1910; minutes for said chapter, 1905-1910; and the engine log for the steamer SIMON LANGELL for 1923.

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Summary of receipts and expenses for the shipping season including passage, towing and express receipts, wages and fuel.

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Invoices from multiple different vendors for Frederick Myers, owner and captain of the C.W. EVANS.

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Scattered financial statements, shipping statistics, newsclippings and other material relating to the history of the Reiss Steamship Company.

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Repair and maintenance request forms for routine renovation, welding, and repair needs.