Ships and Shipping
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
Dudley Collard plans of Coquille River steamer Telegraph
Five photocopy blackline plans drawn by Dudley Collard in 1991 and 1992, depicting the sternwheel steamboat Telegraph, which was built in 1914 and operated on the Coquille River in Oregon. The plans include a side view of the steamer; details of the sternwheel axle and drive; port and aft views of boiler details; forward boiler face details; and an unidentified part. The collection also includes a photocopy blackline map of a section of the Coquille River.
Columbia Rediviva collection
Collection of documents, originals and copies, relating to the ship Columbia (also known as the Columbia Rediviva) and its journeys to the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th century. The ship was owned by Joseph Barrell out of Boston and most famously captained by Robert Gray. Materials include logs, journals, letters, financial records, cargo lists, and drawings of the ship.
Columbia River Pilots Association records
Collection includes logbooks dating from 1925-1964.
Columbia Transportation Company records
Records of the Columbia Transportation Company, Portland, Oregon, 1 volume, 1863-1864, with expenses and accounts of the steamboat business operating on Columbia and Willamette rivers.
Contract plans
Blackline photocopy plans by C. B. Cherrix for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, designs S1-MT-MA63a and S1-MET-MA62a, dated June 1962 and January 1932, respectively.
Truman B. Cook papers
Collection consists of notes and correspondence, 1958-1978, regarding surveying with Ray Lewis Stout in Eastern Oregon in the early 20th century and the schooners Irene and S. I. Allard.
Vincent Cook papers
Master's License for Vincent Cook, January 8, 1895, allowing him to pilot steam vessels in the Willamette District on the Columbia River between Portland and Cape Hancock.
Lines plan of the steamers D. S. Baker and Annie Faxon
Collection consists of a lines plan with tables of measurements. Text on the plan reads: "Lines of the D. S. Baker and Annie Faxon / Design and model by John Gates / 1877." It is unknown whether the plan is original or is a later reproduction.
John Francis DeSassise papers
Collection includes scrapbooks; Astoria High School diploma, 1940; and newspaper clippings and research notes regarding steamboats, the Columbia River Bar Pilots Association, steamboat captains, and maritime laws.
Prospero Desiata photograph albums
Two albums containing 1,449 black and white and hand-colored photographs, 1904-1917, of steamships, schooners, and barks in Portland, Oregon, and around the world during World War I, including France, Germany, and Great Britain. All ships are identified.