Series III: Floating Aids to Navigation
Scope and Contents note
Series III dates from 1884-1927 and consists of photographic and ephemeral materials documenting light vessels, tenders (ships which service buoys), and buoys. Photographs are arranged in two subseries: Light Buoys and Accessories, and Ships and Light Vessels. Light Buoys and Accessories consists of a series of half tone tear sheets and is organized alphabetically according to the manufacturer's name and thereunder by the manufacturer's numbers. The Ships and Light Vessels subseries is arranged alphabetically by ship name with type noted in parentheses when known. Where they can be identified, light vessel (LV) numbers have been given.
Light Buoys and Accessories
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Sun Valve, No. 1118, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Beacons -- "Kurinsky Kamenj" No.1238, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Beacons -- "Blockhusudden" No. 1261, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Beacons -- Waalhaven at Rotterdam, No. 1275, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Light Buoys -- For Uruguay, No. 1276, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Light Buoys -- For Roumania [Romania], on Courtney Buoy, No. 1278, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Gas Accumulator Co. -- Light Buoys -- For Harlingen, Holland, No. 1457, [1904], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unidentified Manufacturers -- Built Up Bell Buoy, Goat Island Depot (2 copies), 1916, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unidentified Manufacturers -- Tompkinsville Gas Buoy (by Lamb), 1927 May 31
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ships and Light Vessels
Amaranth (tender) (4 items), [1897], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bartlett Reef, LV 13 (light vessel) (by Haskell), 1913 Sep.
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Boston,, LV 54 WAL 502 (light vessel) (by Underhill), 1915, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brenton Reef, LV 39 (light vessel), undated
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cornfield, LV 48 (light vessel) (2 copies) (by Haskell), 1913 Sep.
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Diamond (light vessel) (by Rosenfeld), [1922], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dewitt Clinton (tugboat), undated
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hyacinth, undated
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Iris (tender), undated
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Rodgers (tender), undated
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Northeast, LV 111 (light vessel), 1926 Dec. 29
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Overfalls, undated
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Putnam (tender), [1890], inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sandy Hook, LV 16 (light vessel), 1884, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Supply Steamer Armeria, 1890, inclusive
Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)