Marine engineering -- Great Lakes Region (North America)

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McCann was a marine engineer on several Great Lakes vessels. He and his business partner Frank C. Heinen applied for patent protection for improvements to the internal combustion engine.

Scope and Contents Materials collected by Harry K. Goodman over the course of his construction career on the Great Lakes. The bulk of the materials document the construction of the harbor breakwater at Oswego, New York, via both company construction files and a scrapbook (1958-1960). Another scrapbook depicts a number of Great Lakes construction projects. The remainder of the collection consists of a small amount of corporate records from Stadium Boat Works, Inc. (1952-1966), and a small amount of...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of diaries kept by McLaughlin during his time as a marine engineer serving on the Great Lakes from 1886-1927. It is not known if he began to keep diaries from before that time, but this set is complete for the 41-year span of the collection. The diaries provide a wealth of firsthand information about the life a marine engineer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection is also unique in that he served aboard many different types of vessels during...