Steamboat-Inspection Service certificates and licenses, 1853-1910.

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Steamboat-Inspection Service certificates and licenses, 1853-1910.

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Certificates and documents issued to steam-powered watercraft by the Steamboat Inspection Service, Dept. of Commerce and Labor, primarily through the districts of New London and New Haven, Conn.

ca. 60 v.

G. W. Blunt White Library

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G. W. Blunt White Library

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United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service

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The Steamboat Inspection Service was created by an Act of Congress on June 28, 1838 to help prevent explosions in steam boilers. The Bureau of Navigation was created by an act on July 5, 1884 under the Dept. of Treasury. A board of local inspectors of steam vessels was established April 21, 1898 to regulate commerce and navigation in Alaska. In 1903 the Bureau of Navigation was transferred to the Dept. of Commerce and Labor. On April 9, 1906 inspection districts were established at Juneau and St...