U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service (Cleveland, OH) records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0031

Collection Organization

This collection contains copies of certificates of inspection retained by the Cleveland, Ohio office of the U. S. Steamboat Inspection Service after examining steam vessels for recertification purposes. These annual inspections permitted vessels to operate on the Great Lakes. The certificates span the years 1876-1910.

These documents are bound in 23 volumes. Points of emphasis vary slightly between inspections for freight vessels, passenger vessels, and pleasure yachts. Generally the information compiled focused on hull materials, boiler tests, recommended crew sizes, and numbers of passengers for each vessel.

The largest concentration of inspections pertain to freight vessels (volumes 1-16, 1876-1910). Inspections for passenger vessels form the second largest segment of the collection (volumes 17-22, 1883-1910). Pleasure yacht certificates appear in volume 23, 1894-1899.

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, July 1876-July 1878

 Item – Volume 1
Dates
Creation: July 1876-July 1878

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, July 1878-August 1880

 Item – Volume 2
Dates
Creation: July 1878-August 1880

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, August 1880-October 1882

 Item – Volume 3
Dates
Creation: August 1880-October 1882

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, April 1883-November 1885

 Item – Volume 4
Dates
Creation: April 1883-November 1885

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, July 1888-September 1890

 Item – Volume 5
Dates
Creation: July 1888-September 1890

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, September 1890-October 1892

 Item – Volume 6
Dates
Creation: September 1890-October 1892

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, August 1892-September 1894

 Item – Volume 7
Dates
Creation: August 1892-September 1894

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, September 1894-August 1896

 Item – Volume 8
Dates
Creation: September 1894-August 1896

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, August 1896-August 1898

 Item – Volume 9
Dates
Creation: August 1896-August 1898

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, August 1898-June 1900

 Item – Volume 10
Dates
Creation: August 1898-June 1900

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, June 1900-October 1902

 Item – Volume 11
Dates
Creation: June 1900-October 1902

Freight, Towing, and other steamers, October 1902-May 1905

 Item – Volume 12
Dates
Creation: October 1902-May 1905

Freight, Towing, and other steamers of over 100 gross tons, May 1905-June 1907

 Item – Volume 13
Dates
Creation: May 1905-June 1907

Freight, Towing, and other steamers of over 100 gross tons, June 1907-April 1909

 Item – Volume 14
Dates
Creation: June 1907-April 1909

Freight, Towing, and other steamers of over 100 gross tons, May 1909-August 1910

 Item – Volume 15
Dates
Creation: May 1909-August 1910

Freight, Towing, and other steamers of over 100 gross tons, August-December 1910

 Item – Volume 16
Dates
Creation: August-December 1910

Ferry Steamers, May 1883, May 1885, December 1888

 Item – Volume 17
Dates
Creation: May 1883
Creation: May 1885
Creation: December 1888

Passenger Steamers, April 1887-October 1894

 Item – Volume 18
Dates
Creation: April 1887-October 1894

Foreign Passenger Steam Vessels, May 1895-May 1900

 Item – Volume 19
Dates
Creation: May 1895-May 1900

Passenger Steamers, March 1895-June 1900

 Item – Volume 20
Dates
Creation: March 1895-June 1900

Passenger Steamers, March 1901-December 1905

 Item – Volume 21
Dates
Creation: March 1901-December 1905

Passenger Steamers over 100 gross tons, April 1906-September 1910

 Item – Volume 22
Dates
Creation: April 1906-September 1910

Pleasure Yachts, April 1894-June 1899

 Item – Volume 23
Dates
Creation: April 1894-June 1899