GLMS 74 - Walter Smith Miscellaneous Ship Drawing Collection
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| Title | GLMS 74 - Walter Smith Miscellaneous Ship Drawing Collection |
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| Introduction | The Walter Smith Miscellaneous Ship Drawing Collection contains various architectural drawings of Great Lakes ships and boats. Drawings from the Chicago Ship Building Company, Detroit Dry Dock Company, Johnson Brothers, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Manitowoc Dry Dock Company, Charles L. Seabury & Company, American Steel Barge Company, and the Toledo Ship Building Company are contained in the collection. There are also drawings from unidentified ship builders, designs of naval architect S. B. Kingsbury, various ship specification sheets, and the logbook of the steamer SAMUEL MITCHELL for the 1908 season. The collection was loaned to the Center for Archival Collections for the purpose of microfilming by Walter Smith of Marine City, Michigan in late 1981. Mr. Smith acquired the drawings at an undetermined date from Peirce McLouth. Literary and property rights of the microfilm edition have been dedicated to the public and duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and scholarly research. The collection was prepared by Vicki L. Congrove, Great Lakes Ships Architectural Drawing Project Assistant at the Center for Archival Collections, November 1981. |
| Agency History | For a history of the various shipyards involved in this collection, one may refer to Freshwater Whales by Dr. Richard J. Wright. |
| Scope and Content | The drawings in this collection date from 1900 to 1920. Use of the collection is limited by its incomplete nature. Naval historians and architects, as well as model ship builders, may find the drawings and specifications of greatest value. Economic and Naval historians of the Great Lakes also may find the cost estimates which are contained in the Great Lakes Engineering Works of use. Drawings from the Sidney McLouth Shipyard in Marine City, Michigan are of particular interest to historians because many of the plans were never realized. It also is questionable where or if copies of the McLouth plans exist in any other repository. Drawings from the Chicago Ship Building Company, Detroit Dry Dock, and Great Lakes Engineering Works compliment, and in some cases, duplicate, those drawings microfilmed under the Great Lakes Architectural Drawings Project at the Center for Archival Collections. The designs of S. B. Kingsbury, naval architect, and drawings from Johnson Brothers, Charles L. Seabury & Company, and the drawings of unidentified ship builders are also unique. The list of specifications for various ships and boats may provide information to model ship builders and naval historians of the Great Lakes. Specifications listed are for proposed ships, as well as some ships that were built, and range from tugs to passenger propellers. Materials in the collection are organized by the Shipyard. |
| Order of Microfilming | CHICAGO - Chicago Ship Building Company Hull No. 35 DETROIT - Detroit Dry Dock Company Hull No. 187 FERRYSBURG, MICHIGAN - Johnson Brothers Hull No. 32 Hull No. 35 ECORSE/ASHTABULA - Great Lakes Engineering Works Proposed Passenger Twin Screw Propeller Plan of Ship Yard (2/2/1907) For Superior Ship Building Company, Superior, Wisconsin Hulls No 518 & 519 Hull No. 36 Proposed Freight and Passenger Steamer Barges No. 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Hull No. 82 Excursion Steamer for Ashley and Dustin Proposed Hopper Conveyor Steamer Hull No. 132 Proposed Sand Steamer Twin Screw Passenger Steamer 252 x 43.6 x 25.6 feet Proposed Passenger Steamer Proposed 1000 Ton Fueling Lighter (no date) Detroit River Tunnel Specifications for a Steel Steamship for the Shenango Steamship Company, Hull No. 17 Cost estimates for:
Cost Summary for:
Estimated floating weights (no date) KINGSBURY, S. B., Naval Architect - Designs Power Cruiser for William J. Gunnell, Buffalo, New York Power Cruiser for James Pease, Esq., Chicago - Henry Burger Builder Ferry Launch for the Detroit Yacht Club Special 40 ft. Shallow Draft Launch for Gile Boat & Engine Company, Ludington, Michigan Power Cruiser for Gile Boat & Engine Company Trunk Cabin Cruising Launch Steel River Launch for Gile Boat & Engine Company 48 x 10 x 3 feet MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN - Manitowoc Dry Dock Company Hull No. 18, 19, or 21 Hull No. 28 Hulls No. 32 & 33 Hull No. 36 Hull No. 38 MARINE CITY, MICHIGAN - Sidney McLouth Co. Derrick Steamer for Superior (1916) Reconstruction plans for Hull No. Proposed Yacht Proposed Tank Ship for carrying sand and water Hull No. 2 (Cleveland Ship Building Company) Proposed Patrol Boat Proposed Patrol Boat for the Ohio Department of Agriculture Proposed Fishing Tug Map of Yard showing storage of Emergency Fleet Corporation Stock (2/17/1921) 150 ft. Sea-Going Wooden Tug Boat Drawing Hull No. (none) Unidentified Tug (no date) MORRIS HEIGHTS, NEW YORK - Charles L. Seabury & Co. Gasoline Motor Yacht (4/26/1918) SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN - American Steel Barge Company Hull No. 523 TOLEDO, OHIO - Toledo Ship Building Company Hull No. 82 Hull No. 123 Drawings with insufficient identification: US Dredge Maumee, US Engineer Office, Cleveland, Ohio Proposed Steamer for the Ohio Fishing Commission (American Ship Building Company) Poposed Passenger Ship for DBI & W Ferry Company Yacht No. 59 Dredge, Drawing No. 6535-18 no date, no name, no builder LILLIAN - Naptha Launch STE. CLARE - 21 ft. Boat owned by F. H. Walker Specifications for:
Logbook Steamer SAMUEL MITCHELL, 1908 season |