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Eads Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-082

Abstract

Correspondence, reports, studies, resumes, bills, and 68 sets of specifications, for ferryboats, tugs, passenger and cargo vessels, barges, lighters, and sectional street drydock.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912 - 1957

Language of Materials

English Latin

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

Biography of Eads Johnson

Eads Johnson was a naval architect/ferryboat designer, of New York, New York.

Extent

5 box(es) (ca. 400 piece(s))

Index to Corporate Names

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.
Algiers Public Service Co. 3/5, 5/4
Asiatic Petroleum Corp. 3/13
Brockville-Morsetown Transportation Co. 2/9, 2/18, 4/4
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 2/2
Bureau Veritas 1/13
Cambridge Shipbuilders, Inc. 4/2
Canal Barge Co. 3/16
Charles Warner Co. 2/21
City of New York 1/7, 3/3
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Co. 5/1
Delaware & New Jersey Ferry Co. 1/18
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad 2/1, 4/12
Electric Ferries, Inc. 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/9, 1/11, 1/12, 2/12, 4/1, 4/3
Elizabethport Lighterage Co. 2/6
Fire Island Ferries Inc. 4/14
Galveston-Bolivar Ferry Co. 5/10
Gloucester & Yorktown Ferry Co. 2/10
Goodwin-Gallagher Sand & Gravel Co. 2/11, 2/15
Hudson & Athens Ferry Co. 1/1
Ingalls & Co. 1/15
Jersey City Stock Yards Co. 2/7, 2/8, 3/1, 3/19
La Translacustre Co. 3/10, 3/12, 4/5, 4/7, 4/10
Louisiana- Texas Waterways Corporation 2/14
Mexican Petroleum Co. 2/3
Middlesex Transportation Co. 1/2, 2/16
NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory 5/3
New Bedford, Woodshole, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamship Authority 4/16
New Jersey Highway Department 1/17
New Jersey Stock Yards Co. 3/19
New York City Civil Service Commission 1/10
New York City Ferries 1/7, 1/8
New York State Bridge Authority 1/22
Newberg-Beacon Ferry Co. 3/1
Norfolk County Ferries 1/6, 2/16, 3/4, 3/17, 3/18, 4/11
Pan American Refining Corp. 3/8
Pan Trades, Inc. 4/8
Petroleum Transport Co. 2/4, 2/5
Point O' Woods Assoc. 4/9, 4/13
Puget Sound Navigation Co. 1/16
Sea Train Line, Inc. 3/7
Shelter Island & Greenport Ferry Co. 3/9, 5/2, 5/5
Singer Manufacturing Co. 2/20
State Road Department of Florida 5/7, 5/8, 5/9
Todd Galveston Drydocks, Inc. 3/20
United States Army 1/20
United States Navy 3/15, 3/21, 5/6
Virginia Ferry Commission 1/21
Westchester Ferry Corp. 3/6

Index to Vessel Names

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.
BERKLEY (Ferryboat) 3/4
BETTY (Tugboat) 2/5
CABIMAS (Ferryboat) 4/7
CACIQUE (Ferryboat) 4/10
CATATUMBO (Ferryboat) 3/14
CHATHAM (Ferryboat) 4/12
CITY OF NORFOLK (Ferryboat) 1/6, 2/19
COMET (Launch) 2/13
COQUIVACOA (Ferryboat) 3/12
DOUGLAS ALEXANDER (Ship) 2/20
E.G. DIEFENBACK (Ferryboat) 4/1
EDWARD F. FARRINGTON (Ship) 2/16
ELMER W. JONES (Ferryboat) 2/18
FRED W. CASSIDY (Tugboat) 3/19
GEORGE W. LEWIS (Barge) 2/8
HUDSON-ATHENS (Ferryboat) 1/1
IRVINGTON (Ferryboat) 3/2
ISLANDER (Ship) 5/5
JAMES V. CRAWFORD (Ferryboat) 2/9
JENNIE BARBOUR (Tugboat) 2/14
JOHN J. WALSH (Ferryboat) 3/6
MIRANDA (Tugboat) 3/13
MORRIS BROCK (Ferryboat) 4/4
PAN (Tugboat) 3/8
PIERMONT (Ferryboat) 3/2
ROBERT C. BONHAM (Tugboat) 2/7
SEA TRAIN NEW ORLEANS (Ship) 3/7
STEMWINDER (Tugboat) 3/16
TENKENAS (Ferryboat) 2/17
TUSCARORA (Tugboat) 3/15
VIKING SENIOR (Ferryboat) 4/14
WAROS ISLAND (Ferryboat) 2/17
WESTSIDE (Ferryboat) 3/5
WILLIAM W. REED (Tugboat) 2/11
WORTHINGTON (Lighter) 2/6
YORK (Ferryboat) 2/10
Title
Eads Johnson Papers (Coll. 82)
Subtitle
An Inventory of the Collection at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367