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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

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

Stern wheel steamer Telephone plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4056
Abstract

Side and bow elevations on 1 blueprint sheet, with duplicate, of the sternwheel steamboat Telephone for the Western Pacific Railway Company.

Dates: 1909 November

T. D. Stimson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 228
Abstract

Unprocessed papers belonging to T. D. Stimson, including correspondence and shipping records.

Dates: circa 1888-1900

John Stump papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2080
Abstract

First class pilot's license for John Stump, December 11, 1863, allowing him to pilot steam vessels in the San Francisco District from the mouth of the Sacramento River to Marysville, California.

Dates: 1863 December 11

T2 tanker drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4067
Abstract

Twenty-one technical drawings on 21 sheets made by Floyd H. Runk for the Portland shipyard of the Kaiser Company, Inc., depicting the bow, midship, tanks and aft of T2 tankers.

Dates: circa 1900-1978

The Tall Ships Columbia and Lady Washington

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5347
Abstract

Color print of the ships Columbia Rediviva and Lady Washington by Ray Wallace, an architect from Aberdeen, Washington, who designed replicas of the Columbia Rediviva and the Lady Washington, built at Grays Harbor, Washington.

Dates: circa 1957-1986

Tanker built by Swan Island war-workers shown in a South Seas port

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5364
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting the S. S. Swan Island in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1943

The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company eecords

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 47
Abstract

Records of a company that operated steamboats on the Columbia River, carrying passengers and freight between Portland, Oregon, and The Dalles, Oregon.

Dates: 1890 May-1919 June

Transport attack ship drawing

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4073
Abstract

Blueline inboard oblique drawing of a transport attack ship design for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation.

Dates: circa 1940-1945

U.S. Customs House, Astoria, Or. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 878
Abstract

Collection includes microfilm of miscellaneous records of the U.S. Customs House at the Port of Astoria, Oregon, 1848-1868, with papers of employees and steamboats. Also included is a bound volume containing typescript copies of data and reports relating to steamboats, compiled from records of the collectors of customs in Astoria and Portland, including steamers registered with U.S. Customs, reports of supervising steamboat inspectors, and records of steamboat sales.

Dates: 1848-1939