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Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-27

Abstract

Plans for commercial craft including barges, lighters and scows.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872 - 1931

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.

History of Gildersleeve Shipbuilding

The Gildersleeve family operated a shipyard at Gildersleeve (now Portland), Connecticut, between 1821 and 1932. The yard was first know as Gildersleeve & Sons. It later changed to the Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Co. in 1908 and then the Gildersleeve Ship Construction Co. in 1917.

Extent

80 sheet(s)

44 design(s)

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Genre / Form

Topical

Title
Gildersleeve Shipbuilding 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

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