Naval architecture -- Designs and plans

 Subject

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

American Ship Building Company and Predecessors records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0075
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...
Dates: Creation: 1867-1989

Chicago Ship Building Company records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0001
Abstract

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.

Dates: Creation: 1832-1962; Creation: Majority of material found within 1900-1950

Great Lakes Engineering Works records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0133
Abstract

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.

Dates: Creation: 1901-1962

Great Lakes Historical Society collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0131
Dates: Creation: 1856-2015

Miscellaneous Naval Architectural Drawings collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0134
Abstract

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.

Dates: Creation: 1867-1992

Proposed Longitudinal Strength Standard for Great Lakes vessels

 Collection – Box GLMMS 42, Folder: 7
Identifier: GLMMS-2138
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Creation: 1978

Walter Smith Miscellaneous Ship Drawing collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0074mf
Abstract

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.

Dates: Creation: 1900-1920

Wilford G. Bartenfeld papers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0029
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...
Dates: Creation: 1895-1976

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Naval architecture
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Designs and plans