Logbooks

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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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.

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

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

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Drawings prepared for lake vessels from 1900-1920 have been assembled from several shipyards. Such companies as Sidney McLouth, Chicago Ship Building, Detroit Dry Dock, and Great Lakes Engineering Works are represented. Unique approaches to vessel design can be viewed in the work of S.B. Kingsbury and Charles L. Seabury. Modelers may find lists of specifications pertinent to their projects.

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Logbook of vessel in the bulk cargo trade on the Great Lakes.

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Log of the ship William C. Atwater, operating on the Great Lakes.

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Photographs taken and collected by attorney William Carle during his career as an attorney and Great Lakes enthusiast. Also contains a number of vessel log books spanning the 1950s-1970s.

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Compiled listing of individual trips during the season, indicating the points of departure/arrival, cargo, and tonnage statistics; summarized by George Onchulenko.

Abstract The WILLIAM P. SNYDER, JR. was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, MI and launched in 1912. The items compiled here were acquired by the SNYDER's chief engineers between 1932 and 1980. A series of catalogs and one of briefer sales brochures illustrate the choices available to engineers purchasing equipment and parts, and a series of manuals provide the information needed to operate the purchased equipment. A final series containing log books provides information on the...

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Included in this collection are daily log books from the marine radio station WLC in Rogers City, Michigan for the years 1923-1930. Vessels traveling in Lake Huron received weather data and other navigational assistance from the radio telephone operators at WLC. The daily entries over an eight-year period provide a detailed account of how such a station operated. This time capsule is of interest to researchers studying the development of aids to navigation and safety on the Great Lakes.