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Triad Salvage Company - GLMS 53

Introduction | Organizational History | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

This two cubic foot collection was donated to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes in two transfers on November 18, 1981 and July 22, 1984. Literary and property rights were dedicated to the public by Robert Weiner of the Triad Salvage Company. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of conservation and research.

Organizational History

In the mid-1970s the Great Lakes vessel scrapping and salvage industry began operating in Ashtabula, Ohio. The ACME Scrap Iron and Metal Company began operating on State Road in 1975. This company closed in 1977. In 1978, Triad Salvage, Inc. opened on East 21st Street under the direction of Robert Weiner. Business was marginally good for less than a decade. Contracts for scrapping the PAUL L. TIETJEN and the G. A. TOMLINSON, in 1980 left the company operation. Business declined by the mid-1980s and the company closed in 1987.

Scope and Content

This two cubic foot collection records details of maintenance activities conducted on ten vessels on which the Triad Salvage Company performed salvage and repair work. These vessels were the C. C. AUSTIN (US 208397), COMET (US 211398), H. C. HEIMBECKER (C. 317133), FRANCIS E. HOUSE (US 203917), KINSMAN ENTERPRISE (US 203543), MANITOBA (C. 325772), GEORGE W. PERKINS (US 202166), SYLVANIA (US 201840), VERONA (US 204684), AND THE WESTDALE (C. 317133). The records in this subject file date from 1902-1981.

The file on each vessel generally contains maintenance logs. Other items that may appear are correspondence and architectural plans. Some crew lists for the C. L. AUSTIN are also present.

Series Description

SUBJECT FILE

SUBJECT FILE ON VESSELS
Boxes 1-2
1902-1981
Series contains subject files on the maintenance history of ten vessels on which the Triad Salvage Company performed salvage work. The vessels included are the C.L. AUSTIN, COMET, H.C. HEIMBECKER, FRANCIS E. HOUSE, KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, MANITOBA, GEORGE W. PERKINS, SYLVANIA, VERONA, and WESTDALE.

Recorded information is generally available in logs of various types for engineer's and vessel masters. Lists for work performed and supplies ordered appear in these logs.

Files for the C. L. AUSTIN and the SYLVANIA are more extensive than those for the other vessels. Correspondence and crew information appear for the AUSTIN. Blueprint copies of plans for the SYLVANIA show planned repair work to be performed by Triad Salvage Company personnel. Arrangement is alphabetical by vessel and then by subject under each vessel.

Inventory

Box 1

Folders

  1. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Marine Transit Co., correspondence: re: AUSTIN, 1958-1975
  2. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Marine Transit Co., correspondence: re: AUSTIN, 1976-1977
  3. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Marine Transit Co., correspondence: re: AUSTIN, 1978
  4. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Marine Transit Co., correspondence: re: AUSTIN, 1979
  5. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Marine Transit Co., correspondence: re: AUSTIN, 1980
  6. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Marine Transit Co., correspondence: re: AUSTIN, 1981
  7. C. L. AUSTIN, Bills of lading, 1974-1975
  8. C. L. AUSTIN, Bills of lading, 1976-1977
  9. C. L. AUSTIN, Bills of lading, 1978, 1981
  10. C. L. AUSTIN, crew lists, 1980
  11. C. L. AUSTIN, crew union, 1971-1981
  12. C. L. AUSTIN, dock damage reports, 1977-1979, 1981
  13. C. L. AUSTIN, Kinsman Lines Accident Prevention Program, 1974-1981
  14. C. L. AUSTIN, Manual, 1976
  15. C. L. AUSTIN, Maintenance logs, Ballast, 1981
  16. C. L. AUSTIN, Maintenance logs, Fuel oil, 1971
  17. C. L. AUSTIN, Maintenance logs, Order book, 1979
  18. C. L. AUSTIN, Maintenance logs, Work Book, 1975
  19. C. L. AUSTIN, Maintenance logs, Work Book, 1976
  20. C. L. AUSTIN, Maintenance logs, Work Book, 1977
  21. C. L. AUSTIN, Officer's Articles, 1979-1981
  22. C. L. AUSTIN, Position Reports, 1980
  23. C. L. AUSTIN, Rogers Terminal and Shipping Corp.--Load/Unload Record, 1979
  24. C. L. AUSTIN, Ships Articles, 1953, 1966, n.d.
  25. C. L. AUSTIN, Ship Radiotelephone log, 1980
  26. C. L. AUSTIN, Vessel casualty and personal injury forms, 1978-1981
  27. C. L. AUSTIN, Vessel operations report, 1980-1981
  28. COMET, Engineer's Log, December 1967
  29. COMET, Machinery and Equipment Records, 1951-1967
  30. COMET, Machinery and Equipment Records, 1951-1967

Box 2

Folders

  1. H. C. HEIMBECKER, deck log, December 1979
  2. H. C. HEIMBECKER, Engineer's Scrap log book, 1981, n.d.
  3. H. C. HEIMBECKER, Master's scrap log book, 1978-1979
  4. H. C. HEIMBECKER, Oil record book, 1973-1980
  5. FRANCES E. HOUSE, Mileage Tables for the Pittsburgh Steamship Division, n.d.
  6. KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, work book, 1978-1981
  7. MANITOBA, Engineer's log, 1956
  8. GEORGE W. PERKINS, Engineer's log, 1956
  9. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Bearings, 1936, 1940
  10. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Bedplate, 1904
  11. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Connecting Rods, 1904
  12. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Cylinders, 1904, 1907, 1957
  13. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Furnace, 1971-1974
  14. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Gear Box, 1957
  15. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Gear Outline Dimension Sheet, 1957
  16. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Hatch Fastener, 1949
  17. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Line Shafting, 1904
  18. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Miscellaneous, 1902, 1904, 1946, 1957-58
  19. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Pillow blocks, 1946, 1956-57
  20. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Piston Ring, 1960
  21. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Plumbing, 1919, 1950, 1973
  22. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Propeller Wheel, 1903
  23. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Pumps, 1948-1960
  24. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Reducer, 1957-59, 1969
  25. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Refrigerator, 1958
  26. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Rudder Quardrant, 1913
  27. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Sheath Screw Davit, 1943
  28. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Solid Steel Collars, 1941
  29. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Switchboard, 1957
  30. SYLVANIA, Drawings, Valves, 1904-1958
  31. SYLVANIA, Equipment Records, 1968-1971
  32. SYLVANIA, Maintenance Literature, A-Z, 1955-1960
  33. Unknown vessel, position reports, 1981
  34. VERONA, Repair Log, 1937-1950
  35. WESTDALE, Master's Scrap log, April 1969-August 1970
  36. WESTDALE, Master's Scrap log, August 1970-December 1971
  37. WESTDALE, Master's Scrap log, 1973
  38. WESTDALE, Master's Scrap log, 1975
  39. WESTDALE, Master's Scrap log, 1976

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