William H. Webb Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection inventory was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Dates
- Creation: 1895
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Ships Plans Library.
Biography of Willilam H. Webb
William H. Webb was born in 1816. He began his career as an apprentice in the shipyard of his father, Isaac Webb (1794-1840). William Webb became noted as a designer and builder in New York City and later as founder of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, New York. He took over the shipyard upon his father's death and built a variety of wooden-hulled vessels, including clipper ships, packets, steamships, military vessels, and others. In 1895, after retirement he published a two-volume set of books entitled "Plans of Wooden Vessels built by William H. Webb in the City of New York, 1840-1869." William H. Webb died in 1899.
Extent
150 sheet(s) (Additional non-vessel material)
58 design(s)
150 sheets representing 58 designs and additional non-vessel material
Abstract
The William H. Webb collection consists of a selection of folio plates removed from a copy of the book "Wooden Vessels built by William H. Webb in the City of New York, 1840-1869." Plates depict commercial, military and recreational designs by William H. Webb and vessel designs by other naval architects including Henry Eckford and Samuel Humphreys as well as non-vessel material.
- Title
- William H. Webb Collection
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of the Collection at the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport Museum
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic Connecticut 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org