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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:

Milton Fish log book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2601
Abstract

Log book of several Pacific and Arctic Ocean voyages, including fur-trading expeditions, whaling and voyages on the ships The Living Rock, Pfeil and Victoria, with typescript chronology.

Dates: 1855-1858

Thomas J. Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2067
Abstract

Oath of Master, Thomas J. Foster, for the schooner San Diego of Oysterville, Washington Territory, February 26, 1865.

Dates: 1865 February 26

Freight deck plan for unidentified steam vessel

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4055
Abstract

Plan showing a top view of the freight deck of an unidentified steamboat or steamship, identifying areas and equipment including the boiler hatch, stack, fireroom, galley, water closet, work bench, and areas for deckhands and firefighters.

Dates: circa 1850-circa 1950

Steamer G. K. Wentworth plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4028
Abstract

Five sheets of plans for the sternwheel steamboat G.K. Wentworth of Portland, Oregon, by architect J. H. Johnston. The plans include top and side views; a cross section; and a lines draft.

Dates: circa 1905

Charlotte Gardner diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2257
Abstract

Handwritten copy, made by Eleanor J. Graves, of Charlotte Coffin Gardner's journal of a voyage from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, California, and Washington Territory, then back to Nantucket, June 23, 1852-May 10, 1855.

Dates: 1852-1855

General H. G. Wright log book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2676
Abstract

The General H. G. Wright was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel with John Groat as captain. Log book regards arrivals and departures, surveying work and river and harbor improvement jobs, primarily on the Siuslaw River, Lane County, Oregon.

Dates: 1902

Steamer Georgia Burton plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4027
Abstract

Collection includes 3 plans on 1 sheet for the steamer Georgia Burton, designed by marine architect J. H. Johnston for the Western Transportation Co.

Dates: 1922 August 1

Hugh P. Gilmore letters to H. L. Johnston

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2104
Abstract

Manuscript letters from Hugh Gilmore of Marysville, Washington, to H. L. Johnston of Oregon, 1949-1951, regarding steamboats and other vessels in the Pacific Northwest. Gilmore was a tugboat captain on Puget Sound, Washington.

Dates: 1949-1951

G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2179
Abstract

The G.M. Standifer Construction Company built two shipyards on the Columbia River for the World War I effort. Collection consists of a stock certificate book for the Standifer-Clarkson Shipyard in North Portland, 1916, and a stock certificate book for the G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation, 1917-1919.

Dates: 1916-1927

G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation steamship plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4054
Abstract

Four plans on 1 sheet, drawn by H. Purdy Jr., of a freight steamer for the G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation of Vancouver, Washington.

Dates: 1919 April 24