Naval architecture -- Designs and plans

Abstract The primary component of this collection is naval architectural drawings produced by the company, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. Post-1900 sets tend to be more complete than earlier sets of drawings. Nearly all types of wooden and steel vessels built on the Great Lakes between 1870 and 1981 are represented. The Center for Archival Collections holds many of the original drawings extending up to 1981. Other corporate records such as minutes, correspondence, specifications, reports, and...

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The records of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company span the years from 1890 to 1962 and document early twentieth-century shipbuilding on the Great Lakes. The bulk of the materials in the collection fall between 1900 and 1950. The most significant record series include dry dock ledgers and reports, legal and labor correspondence, South Yard surveys, financial records, and World War I shipbuilding activities.

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Naval architectural drawings for most of the vessels built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, as well as construction specifications documents for a handful of them. Includes the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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This collection contains naval architectural drawings held by the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes that were not created by the American Shipbuilding Company or Great Lakes Engineering Works. The dates covered are 1867-1992.

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Correspondence, memoranda, and other materials relating to proposed changes in the strength requirements in the construction of Great Lakes bulk carriers.

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A bound set of loading tables, cargo capacities, stability data, and other information relating to the cargo vessel S.S. SEATRAIN FLORIDA, formerly the fleet oiler USS PAMANSET.

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Sea trials and machinery test results for a variety of Great Lakes vessels; includes index to vessel names at beginning of volume. Some vessel records include booklets and architectural drawings.

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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.

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...