HMCo #98p Augusta [I]

"Str. no 98. Sept 1882.
Length 55[ft]. 53ft on water. 6ft beam, 9in draft. G boiler. 6in x 24in engine, high pressure. Feathering paddles 5ft 6in ext[ernal] dia[meter], buckets 24in x 10 1/2in.
Max speed 13 miles per hour with 130lbs steam.
With 80lbs steam, 96 rev[olutions], speed 11 1/2 miles. (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Handwritten note in Trials Booklet titled 'HMCo. Experiments. 1882' in Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"... The Herreshoff Company are now employing 100 men in all departments, and during the approaching season expect to greatly increase this force. The yearly vacation will commence in a few days, and when work is resumed on August 30, it will be pushed on orders for several launches for the Fish Commission [#94p Launch for U.S.S. Albatross and #95p Gig for U.S.S. Albatross] and a sidewheel pleasure yacht for river use [#98p Augusta I]. On October 1 a building for naval construction will be finished. It will be large enough to admit of building a yacht 135 feet long, and will possess conveniences for hoisting in machinery. A yacht of the size given may be launched from it fully completed for use, except the erection of the stack and masts. A visit to the works of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company would well repay any one interested in the progress of marine engineering." (Source: Anon. "Steam Yacht Building In Rhode Island. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company And Its Operations." The Mechanical Engineer, September 2, 1882, p. 55.)

"The following is a list of the steam yachts built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R.I: ... Augusta, 55 feet by 6 1/2 feet, side wheel; engine, 6 inches by 24 inches; boiler, Herreshoff coil, 42 inches diameter; built 1882, for Charles Kellogg of Athens, Penn.; speed, 14 miles, ..." (Source: Jaffray, Edward S. "American Steam Yachting." Outing, April 1886, p. 23-25.)

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"[Item Description:] Casting sketch notebook (carbon copy) [Titled Herreshoff Mfg Co, -Office-, Bristol, R.I.; 1882, mostly signed by C.H.K., steamers #88p, #89p, #91p, #92p, #98p]." (Source: Anon (C.H.K.) (and Herreshoff, N.G.?) (creator). Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-06. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882 CHK. 1882.)
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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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"[Item Description:] HMCo Plan HH.5.09727 (119-011). Photostat construction plan with plan view and inboard profile titled 'Side Wheel Steamer #98. AUGUSTA. Built by Herreshoff Manfg. Co. Bristol, R.I. Sept[ember] 19 [18]82. Scale 1/2 size'." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Photostat Construction Plan. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0204. WRDT08, Folder 19, formerly MRDW00. 1882-09-19.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) trials booklet titled 'HMCo. Experiments. 1882'. Relevant contents:
§6: #98p AUGUSTA [I] Note max speed 13mph (1882-09)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_02860. Folder [no #]. 1881-06 to 1883-03.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #98p Augusta [I] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Augusta (HMCo-made index card)
• Augusta (MIT Museum-made index card)
• 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.

Name: Augusta
Type: Steam
Length: 55'
Owner: Kellogg, Charles

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

• Augusta
• Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.

Name: Augusta
Type: 55' steam
Owner: Charles Kellogg
Row No.: 59

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

Year: 1882
E/P/S: P
No.: 098
Name: Augusta
OA: 55'

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.

"Charles H. Kellogg, a mechanical engineer of Athens, Pennsylvania was the co-founder of the Union Bridge Company which became one of the largest builders of bridges in the U.S." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. May 2, 2008.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.