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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

Oliff Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2075
Abstract

Oaths of Master, Oliff Olson, for the steamer Rescue, Portland, Oregon, March 9 and April 8, 1865.

Dates: 1865

Oregon Board of Pilot Commissioners records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2032
Abstract

Rules and regulations adopted by the Oregon Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Columbia River Bar and the Columbia and Willamette rivers, March 30, 1891.

Dates: 1891

Oregon Board of Pilot Commissioners registry

 Collection
Identifier: Coll852
Abstract

Register of ships that traversed the Columbia River Bar between June 1898 and May 1906, including information about who piloted the ships, and on what dates the ships crossed the bar or reached Astoria, Oregon. The Oregon Provisional Legislature formed the Oregon Board of Pilot Commissioners in 1846 to regulate pilotage on the Columbia River.

Dates: 1898-1906

Oregon City Transportation Co. sternwheel boat plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4045
Abstract

Two negative photocopy plans on 1 sheet of a light draft sternwheel boat for the Oregon City Transportation Co. by architect J. H. Johnston.

Dates: 1904 January 28

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2547
Abstract

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation materials include an instruction manual; reports and diagrams; photo albums; training manuals for the main jobs available at the shipyard during World War II; and a print of an unidentified ship.

Dates: 1940-1945

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 686
Abstract

Black and white photographs depicting the shipyard, workers, and ships of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland, Oregon, including an album on the all-woman launch of the S.S. Nehalem, and images of fireboats and crews fighting a fire at the shipyard on August 30, 1945.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2651
Abstract

Small binder containing information on vessels built, sponsors, employment levels, facilities, and related matters.

Dates: circa 1944-1945

Pacific Northwest steamboats photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 353
Abstract

One album containing 146 black and white photographs, primarily of steamboats, most identified and dated. Other subjects include scenes in Portland and Astoria, Oregon. The collection also includes a receipt from the Veteran Steamboatmen's Association.

Dates: circa 1835-1928

Joseph Paquet papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 997
Abstract

Diaries, notebooks, and other papers of Joseph Paquet (1841-1924), an Oregon shipbuilder and construction contractor. Includes notes and specifications on steamboats active on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1856-1951; Majority of material found within 1856-1923

David Pardun papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2076
Abstract

Chief Engineer's License for David Pardun, July 26, 1889, allowing him to operate on ocean steam vessels in the Willamette District.

Dates: 1889 July 26