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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a steamship and a smaller boat in the St. Clair River. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 22, 1921.
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled "Main Deck, T.S.S. [Turbine Steamship] Virginia." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a plan view of the Main Deck layout for the proposed steamship. The drawing is dated, "1910," in the lower right corner and also shows plan number, "5136."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Hatch Covers & Details, Strs. Venus & Neptune." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows various structural details of the hatch covers and coaming for the steamships, Venus and Neptune. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by "Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co." at scales of 1/2, 1 1/2, and 3 inches = 1 foot and is dated November 25, 1914. The drawing number is shown as "4213."
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled "Midship Section, Steamers No. 54 & 55." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a half cross-section view with dimensions for the proposed wooden-hulled steamships. Blue ink has been used to show the water surface and the wood hull has been tinted in a light tan color. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled "Hold Plan, T.S.S. [Turbine Steamship] Virginia." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a plan view of the Hold layout for the proposed steamship. The drawing is dated, "1910," in the lower right corner and also shows plan number, "5338."
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "Rigging Plan, Steamer No. 7." The drawing shows a port side exterior profile view of the proposed three-masted, propeller-driven steamship, William Chisholm. The drawing was prepared by the Globe Shipbuilding Company (Globe Iron Works) of Cleveland, Ohio, at a scale of 1/8 inch = 1 foot. Overall ship dimensions are shown in a table in the lower left corner of the sheet.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Deck Plan & Profiles, Str. [Steamer] Jupiter, Strs. Venus & Neptune." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a starboard side interior profile view of the ship and a plan view of the main deck. Existing cargo hatches on the main deck have been shaded gray in order to show the enlarged location of the proposed new hatches. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by "Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co." at a scale of 1/16 inch = 1 foot and is dated November 27, 1914. The drawing number is shown as "2397."
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Two blueprints showing profile and cross section views of the sidewheel steamship, City of Toledo. The blueprints are negative images with the drawing line work and text shown in white on a dark gray background. The profile sheet shows a port side view of the steamship with printed text which indicates that it was "Built by the Craig Shipbuilding Company, Toledo, O., 1890." A table in the upper left corner gives the vessel dimensions as "Length O.A. [Overall] 220 F.; Length Water [Waterline] 210 F.; Beam 31 F.; Beam O.A. 58 F.; Depth 12 F. 6." A table in the upper right corner gives the engine specifications as "Engine Triple Exp. [Expansion], 26"-48"-66"x72" Stroke; Two Boilers: Length 21 F., Dia. 11 F., Steam 160 lbs., Speed 20 Miles." A stamped label and text in the lower right corner shows "New Drawing No. Tol. 45-59-0-1, Tube No. 1" and " Str. No. 45, No. 34." The cross section sheet show a half-section view of the vessel with dimensions and details of the sidewheel. Printed text at the top shows "Crossection of Str. No. 45, Craig Ship Bldg. Co., Toledo, G. C. Craig" and "Oct. 17 - 1890, Scale 1/2" = 1'." A stamped label and text in the lower right corner shows "New Drawing No. Tol. 45- 511-11-1, Tube No. 1" and " Str. No. 45, No. 4-1."
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Captain Thomas Wilson, Arch Construction at New Cargo Hatch." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a cross-section detail of the structural reinforcement on the inside of the hull at a cargo hatch. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by the "Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co." at a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot and is dated March 6, 1915. The plan number is shown as "2407."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Housing for Fan Engine for Captain Thomas Wilson." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows plan and profile views of a fan engine housing that is to be mounted on an engine room bulkhead. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by the "Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co." at a scale of 1 inch = 1 foot and is dated March 19, 1915. The plan number is shown as "1362."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
