A guide to the Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection, 1888-1889, undated
Processed by: Erica Schoenhals (1989) and Sara Diamond (2012).
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2012
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A Guide to the Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection
HDC0149
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2012, National Park Service
Title: Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection
Date: 1888-1889, undated
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0149 (SAFR 18485)
Creator ||J.S. Van Winkle and Company (San Francisco):
Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.)
J.S. Van Winkle and Company (San Francisco)
Physical Description:
5.00 items
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection HDC 149; SAFR 18485) is unrestricted and open for use. The collection contains five
sheets of naval architectural and marine engineering plans.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other
case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Note on Description: The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information.
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and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0149 (SAFR 18485), Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
GOGA-00773. Donated to Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1985, and transferred to San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park as part of original accession SAFR-00001 in 1987.
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 its armored deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from shrapnel caused by exploding
shells above. For details of the vessel's service history, see the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(C-5)
The Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection HDC 149; SAFR 18485) is unrestricted and open for use. The collection contains five
sheets of naval architectural and marine engineering plans.
Plans include an 1888 outboard profile of the San Francisco (built 1889; United States cruiser), by Union Iron Works (San
Francisco, Calif.); two 1889 machinery arrangement plans for an iron screw pile driver by J.S. Van Winkle and Company (San
Francisco) for the Pacific Rolling Mill Co.; one undated plan showing the deck, sections, and inboard profile of an unidentified
steam barge designed for the freighting of concrete blocks, by an unknown maker; and one undated deck and detail plan for
a proposed dredger by Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.).
Arranged by relative size in one oversize folder.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dredges
Union Iron Works Co.
San Francisco (built 1888; cruiser)
Blueprints
Architectural drawings--Marine