Overview of the Collection
Biography of Eads Johnson
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Indexes
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Repository:
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G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport |
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Creator:
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Johnson, Eads |
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Title:
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Eads Johnson Papers |
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Dates:
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1912-1957 |
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Extent:
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ca 400 pieces |
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Abstract:
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Correspondence, reports, studies, resumes,
bills, and 68 sets of specifications, for ferryboats, tugs, passenger and cargo vessels, barges,
lighters, and sectional street drydock. |
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Identification:
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Coll. 82 |
Eads Johnson was a naval architect/ferryboat designer, of New York, New York.
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Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Subjects:
Barges--New York (State)--New York
Cargo ships--New York (State)--New York
Dry docks--New York (State)--New York
Ferries--New York (State)--New York
Naval architecture--New York (State)--New York
Passenger ships--New York (State)--New York
Tugboats--New York (State)--New York
Document Types:
Reports--New York (State)--New York
Resumes--New York (State)--New York
Specifications--New York (State)--New York
Occupations:
Naval architects--New York (State)--New York
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Preferred Citation
Coll. 82, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum,
Inc.
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NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about Algiers Public Service Co. in Box 3, Folder 5 of the collection.
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Algiers Public Service Co. |
3/5, 5/4 |
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Asiatic Petroleum Corp. |
3/13 |
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Brockville-Morsetown Transportation Co. |
2/9, 2/18, 4/4 |
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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal |
2/2 |
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Bureau Veritas |
1/13 |
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Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc. |
4/2 |
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Canal Barge Co. |
3/16 |
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Charles Warner Co. |
2/21 |
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City of New York |
1/7, 3/3 |
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Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Co. |
5/1 |
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Delaware & New Jersey Ferry Co. |
1/18 |
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Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad |
2/1, 4/12 |
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Electric Ferries, Inc. |
1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/9, 1/11, 1/12, 2/12, 4/1, 4/3 |
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Elizabethport Lighterage Co. |
2/6 |
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Fire Island Ferries Inc. |
4/14 |
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Galveston-Bolivar Ferry Co. |
5/10 |
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Gloucester & Yorktown Ferry Co. |
2/10 |
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Goodwin-Gallagher Sand & Gravel Co. |
2/11, 2/15 |
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Hudson & Athens Ferry Co. |
1/1 |
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Ingalls & Co. |
1/15 |
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Jersey City Stock Yards Co. |
2/7, 2/8, 3/1, 3/19 |
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La Translacustre Co. |
3/10, 3/12, 4/5, 4/7, 4/10 |
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Louisiana- Texas Waterways Corporation |
2/14 |
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Mexican Petroleum Co. |
2/3 |
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Middlesex Transportation Co. |
1/2, 2/16 |
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NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory |
5/3 |
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New Bedford, Woodshole, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamship Authority |
4/16 |
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New Jersey Highway Department |
1/17 |
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New Jersey Stock Yards Co. |
3/19 |
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New York City Civil Service Commission |
1/10 |
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New York City Ferries |
1/7, 1/8 |
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New York State Bridge Authority |
1/22 |
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Newberg-Beacon Ferry Co. |
3/1 |
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Norfolk County Ferries |
1/6, 2/16, 3/4, 3/17, 3/18, 4/11 |
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Pan American Refining Corp. |
3/8 |
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Pan Trades, Inc. |
4/8 |
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Petroleum Transport Co. |
2/4, 2/5 |
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Point O' Woods Assoc. |
4/9, 4/13 |
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Puget Sound Navigation Co. |
1/16 |
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Sea Train Line, Inc. |
3/7 |
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Shelter Island & Greenport Ferry Co. |
3/9, 5/2, 5/5 |
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Singer Manufacturing Co. |
2/20 |
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State Road Department of Florida |
5/7, 5/8, 5/9 |
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Todd Galveston Drydocks, Inc. |
3/20 |
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United States Army |
1/20 |
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United States Navy |
3/15, 3/21, 5/6 |
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Virginia Ferry Commission |
1/21 |
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Westchester Ferry Corp. |
3/6 |
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NOTE: The fraction(S) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about the ferry BERKLEY in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.
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BERKLEY (Ferryboat) |
3/4 |
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BETTY (Tugboat) |
2/5 |
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CABIMAS (Ferryboat) |
4/7 |
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CACIQUE (Ferryboat) |
4/10 |
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CATATUMBO (Ferryboat) |
3/14 |
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CHATHAM (Ferryboat) |
4/12 |
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CITY OF NORFOLK (Ferryboat) |
1/6, 2/19 |
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COMET (Launch) |
2/13 |
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COQUIVACOA (Ferryboat) |
3/12 |
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DOUGLAS ALEXANDER (Ship) |
2/20 |
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E.G. DIEFENBACK (Ferryboat) |
4/1 |
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EDWARD F. FARRINGTON (Ship) |
2/16 |
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ELMER W. JONES (Ferryboat) |
2/18 |
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FRED W. CASSIDY (Tugboat) |
3/19 |
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GEORGE W. LEWIS (Barge) |
2/8 |
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HUDSON-ATHENS (Ferryboat) |
1/1 |
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IRVINGTON (Ferryboat) |
3/2 |
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ISLANDER (Ship) |
5/5 |
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JAMES V. CRAWFORD (Ferryboat) |
2/9 |
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JENNIE BARBOUR (Tugboat) |
2/14 |
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JOHN J. WALSH (Ferryboat) |
3/6 |
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MIRANDA (Tugboat) |
3/13 |
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MORRIS BROCK (Ferryboat) |
4/4 |
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PAN (Tugboat) |
3/8 |
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PIERMONT (Ferryboat) |
3/2 |
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ROBERT C. BONHAM (Tugboat) |
2/7 |
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SEA TRAIN NEW ORLEANS (Ship) |
3/7 |
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STEMWINDER (Tugboat) |
3/16 |
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TENKENAS (Ferryboat) |
2/17 |
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TUSCARORA (Tugboat) |
3/15 |
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VIKING SENIOR (Ferryboat) |
4/14 |
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WAROS ISLAND (Ferryboat) |
2/17 |
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WESTSIDE (Ferryboat) |
3/5 |
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WILLIAM W. REED (Tugboat) |
2/11 |
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WORTHINGTON (Lighter) |
2/6 |
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YORK (Ferryboat) |
2/10 |
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Papers; 1920-1957
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Folder
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Correspondence,
Hudson & Athens Ferry Co., ferryboat HUDSON-ATHENS; 1920 |
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Report to the
Middlesex Transporation Co., for survey of service by existing the ferryboat fleet; 1923 |
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Inspection report for
electric propulsion equipment of Electric Ferries, Inc., NYC; 1927 |
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Report, physical
condition of ferries of Electric Ferries, Inc. NYC; 1927 |
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Report, physical
condition of ferries of Electric Ferries, Inc. NYC; 1928 |
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Correspondence with
Norfolk County Ferries, including some clippings, pertaining to the ferryboat CITY OF
NORFOLK; 1929-1930 |
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Study of cost of
operations for New York City Ferries; 1932 |
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Resume of cost of
operations for New York City Ferry service costs; 1932 |
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Report on ferries of
Electric Ferries, Inc.; 1934 |
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Papers, pertaining
to the New York City Civil Service Commission; 1938 |
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Papers concerning
Electric Ferries, Inc. including survey's, reports, bills, and correspondence; 1940-1943 |
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Papers pertaining to
Electric Ferries, Inc. including letters, bills, surveys, valuations, and reports; 1946-1950 |
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13 |
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Papers pertaining to
Bureau Veritas, including correspondence and reports; 1946-1947 |
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14 |
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Papers concerning
New York City, includin a letter, a contract, and a clipping; 1947 |
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Papers including
letters, notes, and memoranda pertaining to Ingalls & Company; 1947 |
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16 |
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Report of appraisals
of vessels of the Puget Sound Navigation Company; 1950 |
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Report of survey for
the State of New Jersey Highway Department for a proposed ferry from Cape May to Lewes,
Deleware, with separate appendix added; 1951 |
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Papers pertaining to
the Delaware & New Jersey Ferry Co., including letters, a draft report, and a survey and
valuation report; 1951 |
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Reports pertaining
to the proposed Cape May-Lewes ferry; 1951-1953 |
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Papers pertaining to
U.S. Army Contracts for construction of a 180' ferryboat for operation from Governor's Island to
the Battery; 1951-1953 |
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Papers pertaining to
survey and valuation of the Virginia Ferry Commission Fleet, including letters, memoranda,
prospectus, and reports; 1951-1956 |
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Letters pertaining to
business with the New York State Bridge Authority; 1956-1957 |
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Specifcations; 1912-1957
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Specifications of a
137' steam screw steel Derrick Lighter for the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad; 1912 |
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Specifications of a
single screw tug for the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal; 1913 |
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Specifications of a
112' single screw steel tug for the Mexican Petroleum Co.; 1914 |
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Specifications of a
steel steamer for the Petroleum Transport Co.; 1915 |
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Specifications of a
single screw bulk oil steamer for the Petroleum Transport Co.; 1915 |
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Specifciations of the
133' wooden lighter WORTHINGTON for Elizabethport Lighterage Co.; 1920 |
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Specifications of the
86' wooden tug ROBERT C. BONHAM for the Jersey City Stock Yard Co.; 1924 |
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8 |
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Specifications of the
196' 6" wooden cattle barge GEORGE W. LEWIS for the Jersey City Stock Yard Co.; 1925 |
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Specifications of the
100' diesel ferry JAS. V. CRAWFORD for the Brockville-Morsetown Transportation Co.; 1925 |
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Specifications of
the 115' steel ferryboat YORK for the Gloucester and Yorktown Ferry Co.; 1925 |
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Specifications of
the 64' 11" wooden tug WILLIAM E. REED for the Goodwin-Gallagher Sand and Gravel Co.; 1926 |
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Specifications of a
155' steel ferryboat for Electric Ferries, Inc.; 1926 |
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Specifications of
the 30' speed launch COMET for Walter Lagemann, including a photograph of the launching; 1926 |
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Specifications of
the 100' steel tug JENNIE BARBOUR for the Lousiana-Texas Waterways Corporation; 1926 |
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Specifications of
the 92' wooden tug BETTY for the Goodwin-Gallagher Sand and Gravel Co.; 1927 |
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Specifications of
the 131' freight boat EDWARD F. FARRINGTON for the Middlesex Transporation Co.; 1927 |
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Specifications of
the 115' 6" steel ferries WARDS ISLAND and TENKENAS for the State of New York; 1928 |
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Specifications of
the 125' diesel electric ferry CITY OF NORFOLK for the Norfolk County Ferries, Inc.; 1928 |
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Specifications of
the diesel electric ferry CITY OF NORFOLK for the Norfolk County Ferries, Inc.; 1928 |
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Specifications for
installation of a diesel engine in the steamship DOUGLAS ALEXANDER for the Singer
Manufacturing Co.; 1928 |
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Specifications of 24'
sectional steel Drydock for the Charles Warner Co.; 1929 |
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Specifications of the
210' cattle barge for the Jersey City Stock Yards Co.; 1932 |
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Specifications of the
64' 10 1/2" steel diesel ferryboats PIERMONT and IRVINGTON; 1932 |
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Specifications of 267'
steel steam ferryboat for the City of New York; 1935 |
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Specifications of the
80' ferryboat BERKLEY for the Norfolk County Ferries, Inc., including articles and clippings; 1935 |
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Specifications of the
149' diesel electric ferry WESTSIDE for the Algiers Public Service Co.; 1936 |
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Specifications of the
153' diesel ferry JOHN J. WALSh for the Westchester Ferry Corporation; 1936 |
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Specifications for
reconstruction of the steamship SEA TRAIN NEW ORLEANS for the Sea Train Line, Inc.; 1937 |
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Specifications of the
64' 11" diesel tugboat pan for the Pan American Refining Corporation, including six vessels in
this series; 1937 |
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Specifications of 65'
steel ferryboat for the Shelter Island and Greenport Ferry Co.; 1938 |
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Specifications of a
steel twin screw vessel for operation on Lake Maracaibo in Venzuela for La Translacustre Co.; 1938 |
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Specifications of a
58' ferryboat for the Newburg-Beacon Ferry; 1938 |
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Specifications of
the 32' diesel ferry COQUIVACOA for La Translacustre Co.; 1938 |
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Specifications of
the 100' twin screw diesel tugboat MIRANDA for the Asiatic Petroleum Corporation; 1939 |
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Specifications of
the 132' diesel ferry CATATUMBO for Samuel Belloso of Venzuela; 1939 |
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Specifications of
the 135' diesel electric ocean tug TUSCARORA for the United States Navy; 1940 |
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Specifications of
the 80' steel diesel tug STEMWINDER for the Canal Barge Co. of New Orleans; 1940 |
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Specifications of a
ferryboat for Norfolk County Ferries, Inc.; 1941 |
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Specifications of a
174' diesel electric ferry for Norfolk County Ferries, Inc.; 1941 |
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Specifications of
the 85' 9" wooden tugboat FRED W. CASSIDY for the Jersey City Stock Yards Co.; 1941 |
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Specifications of a
116' 8" steel diesel ferryboat for the Todd Galveston Drydocks, Inc.; 1943 |
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Specifications of a
180' steel double-end diesel electric ferryboat for the United States Navy; 1943 |
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Specifications of the
steel diesel electric ferryboat E. G. DIEFENBACH for Electric Ferries, Inc.; 1944 |
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Specifications of a
85' 9" diesel wooden harbor tug for Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc.; 1944 |
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Specifications of a
185' steel diesel ferryboat for Electric Ferries, Inc.; 1944 |
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Specifications of the
64'10" diesel ferryboat MORRIS BROCK for the Brockville-Morristown Transportation Co.; 1945 |
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Specifications of a
150' diesel electric ferryboat for the La Translacustre of a Maracaibo, Venezuela; 1945 |
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Specifications of a
64' 10" steel diesel ferryboat for the Sunrise Ferries, Inc.; 1945 |
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Specifications of the
150' diesel ferryboat CABIMAS for LA Translacustre of Maracaibo, Venzuela; 1945 |
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Specifications of a
steel diesel refrigerated cargo vessel for Pan Trades, Inc; 1946 |
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Specifications of a
64' 6" steel ferryboat for the Point O'Woods Assoc.; 1946 |
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Specifications of
the 159' double-end steel diesel ferryboat CACIQUE for the La Translacustre, of Maracaibo,
Venezuela; 1947 |
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Specifications of
180' double-end diesel electric ferryboat for the Norfolk County Ferries, Inc.; 1947 |
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Specifications for
the conversion of the steam ferryboat CHATHAM to diesel electric drive for the Deleware,
Lackawanna, and Western Railroad; 1947 |
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Specifications of a
wooden diesel ferryboat for the Point O'Woods Assoc.; 1947 |
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Specifications of
the passenger ferryboat VIKING SENIOR for the Fire Island Ferries Inc.; 1947 |
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Specifications of
proposed rehavilitation of Ferry Service between New Bedford, Woodshole, Vineyard Haven,
and Nantucket; 1949 |
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Specifications of a
200' all welded double-ended passenger vessel for the New Bedford, Woodshole, Martha's
Vineyard and Nantucket steamship authority; 1949 |
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Specifications of 85'
9" steel single screw diesel tugboat for the Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power; 1930 |
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Specifications of a
double-ended steel diesel ferryboat for the Shelter Island and Greenport Ferry Co.; 1951 |
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Specifications of a
80' diesel electric steel ferryboat for the NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory; 1951 |
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Specifications of a
149' twin screw diesel ferryboat for the Algiers Public Service Co.; 1942 |
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Specifications of
reconditioning the motor vessel ISLANDER for the Shelter Island and Greenport Ferry Co.; 1952 |
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Specifications of a
180' steel ferryboat for the United States Navy; 1953 |
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Specifications of a
116' 8" double-end steel ferryboat for the State Road Department of Florida; 1955 |
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Specifications of a
double-ended steel diesel ferryboat for the State Road Department of Florida; 1955 |
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Specifications of a
double-end steel diesel ferryboat for the State Road Department of Florida; 1955 |
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Specifications of a
diesel electric double-end ferryboat for the Galveston-Bolivar Ferry, Huston, Texas; 1957 |
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