John Gustaf Sjoberg naval architecture and marine engineering drawing and plans collection 1878-1946 1921-1941

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John Gustaf Sjoberg naval architecture and marine engineering drawing and plans collection, 1878-1946, 1921-1941

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John Gustaf Sjoberg naval architecture and marine engineering drawing and plans collection 1878-1946 1921-1941

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John Gustaf Sjoberg naval architecture and marine engineering drawings (SAFR23387; HDC 1648) is open and available for use, with some restrictions as noted. Papers of John Gustaf Sjoberg, engineer for Union Construction Co., and later Pacific Coast Engineering Company. The bulk of the collection contains blueprints of barges, dredges, and derricks and dredging machinery from the Pacific Coast Engineering Company (Oakland, California), dating from the early 1920s into the early 1940s. A significant part of the remaining material is blueprints and related drawings from Union Construction Company (Oakland, California), dating from the 1920s. Other material includes plans from other companies relating to Pacific Coast Engineering Company and Union Construction Company projects.

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757 items

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eng,

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (Calif.). Historic Documents Department

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SNAC Resource ID: 6649284

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Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.).

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Historical or Biographical Note Collection of miscellaneous blueprints created by the donor includes a plan of the United States cruiser no. 5, San Francisco, which was built by Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.) in the late 1880s, and launched October 1889. The USS San Francisco was renamed Yosemite in 1931, and scrapped in 1939. San Francisco was a "protected cruiser," a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because...

Pacific Coast Engineering Company (Oakland, Calif.)

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American Dredging Co.

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W. F. S.

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Maryland Steel Company

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Hydraulic Dredging Co.

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Hydraulic dredging co. Ltd (Oakland, Calif.)

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Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydocking Company, Hull Department (Newport News, VA)

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Richmond Dredging Co. (Richmond, Calif.)

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Catapillar Tractor Co.

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Miners Foundry & Supply (Nevada City, Calif.)

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Standard American Dredge Company

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Frank's Contracting Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Bucyres Erie Co.

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Union Construction Co. (Oakland, Calif.)

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Historical or Biographical Note John Gustaf Sjoberg (1882-1969). Engineer at Union Construction Company (Oakland, California) from about 1917 to 1927, and at Pacific Coast Engineering Company (Oakland, California) from about 1927 to 1942. Biography: John Gustaf Sjoberg was born in Eureka, Nevada in Dec 17, 1882 to Swedish parents, and died in Alameda, California in on January 6th, 1969. He was married to Nellie Virginia Sjoberg, a...

Dravo Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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United Iron Works (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Sjoberg, J. E.

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Hurley Machine Works (Oakland, Calif.)

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Union Construction Company (Oakland, Calif.)

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United States. Engineer Office. South Pacific Division (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Union Iron Works (Oakland, Calif.)

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Sjoberg, John Gustaf, 1882-1969

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Gold Hill Dredging Co.

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Standard Oil Company of California

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On March 27, 1964, at approximately 5:36 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, the "Good Friday" Earthquake (also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake) shook all of Southcentral Alaska. The quake's epicenter was 80 miles east of Anchorage in Prince William Sound. The quake's magnitude was originally recorded between 8.4 and 8.6 on the Richter scale, but later upgraded to 9.2. The earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America. It was the second largest earthquake ever recorded, ...

San Francisco Bridge Co.

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Johnson, Walter W., 1929-

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Stanley Hiller Inc. (Oakland, Calif.)

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Plummer, H. G.

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Sjoberg, John Gustaf

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Union Construction Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

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E.P.

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M. E. M.

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Port of Oakland (California)

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Bucyrus Co.

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Masonite Corporation

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Mare Island Navy Yard

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Powers, W. F.

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E. O. P

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American Hoist and Derrick Co.

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Warren Creek Dredging Co.

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The Panama Canal Dredging Division, Gamba Canal Zone

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Moore Drydock Company

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Port of Oakland

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Hawaiian Tuna Packers, Ltd.

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Union Iron Works

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Pacific Coast Engineering Co. (Oakland, Calif.)

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Emerick, John W.

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Frank's Contracting Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

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United States. Coast Geodetic Survey

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Haviside Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Department of Public Works. City of Oakland (California)

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United States. Coast Guard

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The Rock of Ages Light is a U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse on a small rock outcropping approximately 2.25 miles west of Washington Island and 3.5 miles west of Isle Royale, in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is an active aid to navigation. From the description of Rock of Ages Lighthouse Logbook, 1939-1945. (Michigan Technological University). WorldCat record id: 758507044 "The U.S. Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States and the only military organization...

John Gustaf Sjoberg naval architecture and marine engineering drawing and plans collection 1878-1946 1921-1941

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