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A guide to the Marine engineering records, 1948-1954 and undated
HDC1676 (SAFR 23832)
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Title: Marine engineering records
Date: 1948-1954 and undated
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1676 (SAFR 23832)
Creator:
Bird-Archer Company
J.S. Coffin, Jr., Company
J.S. Coffin, Jr., Company
Physical Description:
3 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Marine engineering records collection, 1948-1954 and undated (SAFR 23832, HDC 1676) consists of information regarding
an operations and maintenance manual for a pump, vessel specifications, and instructions for marine boiler water treatment.
The collection has been processed to the item unit level and is open for use with no restrictions.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1676 (SAFR 23832), Marine engineering records, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-02211
Found in the stacks of the San Francisco Maritime NHP Library, possibly part of a books donation by Herschel H.C. Yim.
Historical or Biographical Note
The J.S. Coffin, Jr., Company was incorporated in 1925. Source: company website, http://coffinpump.com/company/history/ (last
accessed 07/23/2013).
Herschel H.C. Yim was born in San Francisco in 1919 and worked aboard various vessels as a marine engineer. Source: AncestryLibrary.com
The Marine engineering records collection, 1948-1954 and undated (SAFR 23832, HDC 1676) consists of information regarding
an operations and maintenance manual for a pump, vessel specifications, and instructions for marine boiler water treatment.
The collection has been processed to the item unit level and is open for use with no restrictions.
The collection includes Coffin steam turbine centrifugal pump instructions for operation & maintenance by the J.S. Coffin,
Jr., Company that included mechanical drawings; documents about observations, repairs and specifications for various cargo
vessels; and Bird-Archer Co. of California's specifications for marine boiler water treatment. Some of these items are hand
scripted "Herschel H.C. Yim."
3 items in 1 folder
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marine engineering
Yim, Herschel H.C.
Coffin Turbo Pump, Inc.
Bird-Archer Co. of California
Operating manuals