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Steamboats -- Design and construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Steamship Hassalo plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4033
Abstract

Collection consists of 6 plans on 4 sheets of the sternwheel steamer Hassalo. The drawings include a side view; a plan of the freight deck; a lines plan; and a cross section. It is unknown whether the plans are original or are later reproductions.

Dates: circa 1860-circa 1950

Steamship Oneonta plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4044
Abstract

Plans for a sidewheel steamer, Oneonta. The plans may be a depiction of the steamer Oneonta built in 1863 and operated by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, but features in the plans differ from photographs of that steamboat. It is unknown whether the plans are originals or are later reproductions. The drawings consist of a top view, a side view, and a plan of the pilot house and rooms.

Dates: circa 1863-circa 1950

Steamship Portland II collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 251
Abstract

Plans, sections, details and elevations on 9 sheets of the steamship Portland II, a 186-foot steel towboat for Northwest Marine Iron Works, 1946; a conceptual mooring plan by B. Bach and L. Fritzie, October 1981; and a color print of a painting of the steamship Portland II passing under the Fremont Bridge on the Willamette River by James M. Longstreth, 1977.

Dates: 1946-1981

Steamship R. R. Thompson plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4051
Abstract

Collection consists of plans of the steamer R. R. Thompson, which was originally designed by John Gates. It is unknown whether the plans are original or are later reproductions. Drawings include top and side views; deck plans; and plans of the engine, boiler, and piston head and rings.

Dates: circa 1878-1950