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- One blueprint drawing entitled "Administration Building [Building No. 207] - End Elevation." The drawing (Sheet No. 2 of 8) shows two end elevation views of the three-story Administration Building at Fort Wayne. The upper view on the sheet shows the front of the building and the lower view shows the rear side. The drawing was prepared by the Q.M.G.O. [Quarter Master General Office] at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated April, 1900.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "Fire Boat for Detroit, Michigan." The drawing shows a port side interior profile view and main deck plan view of the proposed fireboat. A cross-section view of the hull lines is also shown along with a table of general dimensions. The title block in the upper center area shows that the drawing was prepared by "William Cowles, Constructing Engineer and Naval Architect." It was drawn at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated July 16, 1892. A black ink stamp with handwritten text in the lower right corner shows "New Drawing No. Tol. 57-59-0-3, Tube No. 1."
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Two Company Barracks." The drawing (Sheet No. 2 of 12) shows two interior cross-section views of a three-story Barracks building at Fort Wayne. The drawing was prepared by "Claude J. Allen" of the Q.M.G.O. [Quarter Master General Office] at a scale of 1/8 inch = 1 foot and is dated January, 1893.
- Date Issued:
- 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Steamer No. 168, Upper Deck Cabin Plan." The drawing shows a plan view of the Orlop Deck including the layout of cabins, passageways, public areas, and lifeboats. The title block in the lower right corner of the sheet indicates that the drawing was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by the American Shipbuilding Company and was dated "August 16, 1906."
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "Fort Wayne - Plans, Elevation, and Section of Offices, Bakery, Guard, Store, and Washing Rooms." The drawing shows front and end elevations views of the building as well as plan views of the three floors. Handwritten text beneath the title shows "drawn by D. R. Bell, Eng'r. Dept., Wash't., 1850." A handwritten note in the lower right corner of the sheet shows "Gift from A.S.C.E. [American Society of Civil Engineers], R. A. Briggs."
- Date Issued:
- 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint entitled "Plat of United States Purchase." The blueprint shows a description and survey drawing for a rectangular parcel of land located on the American side of the Detroit River and part of Claim No. 32 that was patented by Henry Berthelette on November 2, 1832. The parcel description is signed, "S. W. Updike, Dep. Reg." with the land area being approximately 23 acres in size and covering the eastern one-third of the Fort Wayne property. A note near the lower left corner shows "Engineer Department 14 June 1842. Rec'd with Lieut. Meigs letter of 6 inst."
- Date Issued:
- 1842-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing of the proposed passenger steamship, "Islander." The conceptual drawing shows a port side view of the sidewheel steamship while underway. The drawing is signed by its designer, "Frank E. Kirby, 1910," in the lower right corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "Midship Section, Mexican River Steamer." The drawing shows a cross-section view of the hull and decks of the sternwheel river steamship. Dimensions of the various structural members are also shown. The title block indicates that the plan was prepared at a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot and is dated January, 1902. The name, "H. S. Taft," is also shown and may be the name of the steamship.
- Date Issued:
- 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "General Arrangement of Sprinkler System, Gallery & Upper Decks," for the passenger steamships, SS Greater Detroit and SS Greater Buffalo. The drawing shows plan views of the Gallery and Upper decks along with the proposed layouts of sprinkler lines and sprinkler heads. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by the "American Shipb'ld'g Co., Eng. [Engineering] Dept." at a scale of 1/8 inch = 1 foot and is dated October 26, 1923. The plan number is shown as "65-198."
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Hull No. 187, Upper Deck Joiner Plans." The drawing shows a plan view of the Upper Deck of the passenger steamship, SS City of Detroit III, including the layout of staterooms, public rooms, passageways, and lifeboats.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "Stmr. [Steamer] No. 116, Lines." The drawing shows the hull lines for the passenger steamship, Ste. Claire. The title block in the lower right corner shows that the drawing was prepared by "The Toledo Shipbuilding Co.," at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated November, 1909. The plan number is shown as "1-2." An ink stamp above the title block shows "New Drawing No.: Tol. 116-55-0-2, Tube No. 1."
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Lounge, Str. [Steamer] 'City of Detroit'." The drawing shows the men's smoking lounge (known as the Gothic Room) and periodical stand in the passenger steamship, SS City of Detroit III. The drawing was done at a scale of 1/2 inch= 1 foot. The title block in the lower right corner shows that it was prepared by "Louis O. Keil, Interior Designer, Detroit, Mich.," and was dated July 13, 1911. Several years after the ship was scrapped in 1956, the salvaged lounge was acquired by the City of Detroit and was reassembled in the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing of a proposed passenger steamship, "Detroit & Buffalo." The conceptual drawing shows a port side view of the sidewheel steamship while underway as a D&C seaplane flies overhead in the upper right corner. The drawing is shown at a scale of 1/16 inch = 1 foot and is signed by its designer, "Frank E. Kirby, 1922," in the lower right corner.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing showing a survey for the "River Rouge Improvement Co." The drawing shows a boundary survey for an 8.64-acre land parcel that was part of Private Claims 226 and 496. The parcel abuts a Michigan Central Railroad right-of-way and the River Rouge Short Cut Canal. The drawing was prepared by "Herbert L. Russell, Civil and Consulting Engineer" at a scale of 1 inch = 150 feet and was dated December 4, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled, "Stmr. [Steamer] No. 116, Lines." The drawing shows the hull lines for the passenger steamship, Ste. Claire. The title block at the center right edge shows that the drawing was prepared by "The Toledo Shipbuilding Co.," at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated December, 1909. The plan number is shown as "1-2." An ink stamp in the lower right corner shows "New Drawing No.: Tol. 116-55-0-1, Tube No. 1."
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Plan of Main Ceiling." The drawing shows proposed architectural details in one of the public rooms in the passenger steamship, SS City of Detroit III. The name of the designer, "Louis O. Keil," is shown in the lower right corner of the plan sheet along with the date, "Oct. 12, '06."
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One sepia copy of a drawing entitled "Str. [Steamer] No. ---, Gallery Deck, Joiner Plan." The copy is printed on vellum paper and shows a plan view of the Gallery Deck of the 4-smokestack passenger steamship, SS Seeandbee, of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company. The title block in the lower right corner indicates that the drawing was prepared by the American Ship Building Company at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated October 27, 1922. The drawing is shown as "No. 29." The SS Seeandbee was converted into the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Wolverine in 1942.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One blueprint drawing entitled "Plan of Gallery - Deck, Str. City of Cleveland, No. 71." The drawing shows a plan view of the interior layout of one of the decks of the proposed steamship. The title block at the top center area of the sheet shows that the plan was prepared by the Detroit Dry Dock Company at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot and is dated August, 1885. (The ship was later renamed. It was the SS City of St. Ignace from 1907 to 1927 and was the SS Keystone from 1927 to 1932.)
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Blueprint drawing entitled "Roadster Body." The drawing shows top and side views of a proposed automobile body. Dimensions and design notes are also shown. A parts summary table is shown in the lower left corner of the sheet. A title block in the lower right corner shows various plan revision dates from April, 1915, to January, 1916, and "Part No. 15C42 - Untrimmed; 15C420 - Finished."
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society