Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

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Barges collided with steamer LEXINGTON at Newport, RI. Owned by Keeler Transportation Line. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, memorandums, telegrams, charges, and services rendered.

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Steamship ran aground on West Island near New Bedford, MA. Owned by Eastern Steamship Corporation. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, newspaper clipping, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.

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Bark stranded on Coxs Shoal off Scituate, MA. Owned by Gustave Ericksson. Includes correspondence, telegrams, telephone transcriptions, court decision copy, newspaper clippings, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.

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Duplicate folder covering same event: Bark PROFESSOR KOCH stranded at Coxs Shoal, MA. Includes correspondence, telegrams, telephone transcriptions, newspaper clippings, wreck report, and service documentation.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

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Steamer went ashore near Vineyard Haven, MA. Owned by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. No services performed as the vessel freed itself. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, and wreck report.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...