HMCo #90p [Whale Boat built in New Bedford]

Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: [Whale Boat built in New Bedford]
Type: Steam Whale Boat
Finished: 1882-2
Construction: Wood
LOA: 27' (8.23m)
Beam: 7' (2.13m)
Draft: 3' (0.91m)
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, Double exp., 2 cyl. (3 1/2" & 6" bore x 7" stroke); Comp. con.
Boiler: Coil; Size E.
Propeller: Diameter 24", Pitch 42"
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Whale boat. Hull built in New Bedford.

Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.


Drawings

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List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #90p [Whale Boat built in New Bedford] are listed in bold.
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  1. Dwg 054-004 (HH.5.03937): [Condenser] (1879-04-10)
  2. Dwg 003-018 (HH.5.00161); Machinery Arrangement, Whale Boat -Stm, with Water Tank, Artculating Propeller Shaft (1882-02-01)
  3. Dwg 054-014 (HH.5.03947): Copper Condenser Pipe for Str. 90 (1882-02-02)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Archival Documents

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"[Item Description:] Casting sketch notebook (original copy) [Titled Nathl G. Herreshoffp, Bristol R.I.; 1882, mostly signed by N.G.H.; material and item orders relating to steamers #81p, #82p, #83p, #88p, #89p, #90p, #91p, #92p, #95p, #98p, stock for new boat shop]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-10. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882 NGH. 1882.)



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Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
  • Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.
From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Year: 1882
E/P/S: P
No.: 090
OA: 27'

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

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