Ships and Shipping
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
Patrol boat plans
Collection consists of 242 blackline photocopy plans on 28 sheets of a 100-foot patrol boat for the U.S. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships.
George Anson Pease papers
Collection consists of a steamboat pilot's license for George Anson Pease, July 3, 1862, allowing him to pilot steam vessels in the First District on the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Vancouver to Eugene to St. Helens; manuscript reminiscences of Pease, 18 pages, circa 1861-1870, about his experiences steamboating on the lower Willamette from 1850-1861.
Photographs of C. A. Smith lumber mill and West Coast shipping
W. H. Pierson papers
Oath of Enrollment, W. H. Pierson of San Francisco, California, for the schooner Isabel, Coos Bay, Oregon, January 25, 1865.
Steamer Pomona plans
Two blueprint sheets of plans for the steamer Pomona, by L. H. Campbell. They include top and side views, and lines plans.
Joseph Prescott letters
Correspondence of Joseph Prescott includes two letters, 1854, from Prescott to his brother, George L. Montague, discussing life in Oregon City, Oregon, and the explosion of the steamer Gazelle, and letters to Mrs. C. C. P. Betton, Prescott's sister, 1850-1851, discussing family matters and life in Oregon.
Records of the river steamer 49
Records of the river steamer 49, 1866-1869 and 1891-1901, with shipping manifests and school notes by Henry Feldman, Ladd School, Portland, Oregon, 1904-1905. The steamer navigated the Columbia River from Marcus, Washington, to points above Revelstoke, British Columbia, for 12 to 15 years.
Simeon Gannett Reed papers
Revenue cutter Joe Lane plans
One blackline photocopy sheet of plans for the revenue cutter Joe Lane. Includes cross section, top view, midship section, sail plan, and table of principal dimensions.
Arthur Riggs papers
Arthur Riggs (1871-1941) was a river pilot on the Columbia, Snake and Willamette rivers. Collection includes correspondence, 1937-1940, with information on the development of shipping on the upper Columbia River; autobiographical journals; steamboat history notes prepared by Frank J. Smith; and logbooks.