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HMCo #167p [Machinery only for Wm. H. Hoyt]

HMCo #167p [Machinery only for Wm. H. Hoyt]

Particulars

HMCo Construction Record Cover
Name: [Machinery only for Wm. H. Hoyt]
Type: Steam Engine Only
Contract: 1890-11
Finished: 1891-7-10
Construction: N/A
Propulsion: Steam, Herreshoff, Double exp., 2 cyl. (8" & 14" bore x 14" stroke)
Boiler: Square Water Level
Propeller: Diameter 52", Pitch 100"
Built for: Wm. H. Hoyt & Son
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Mach'y only.
Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 003-036 (HH.5.00176.1) Explore all drawings relating to this boat. Explore castings relating to this boat (if available).

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #167p [Machinery only for Wm. H. Hoyt] are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 010-049 (HH.5.00893): Stearn Bearing for Oyster Steamer (1891-02-05)
  2. Dwg 003-036 (HH.5.00176.1); Machinery Arrangement, [Launch-Stm], for Wm. H. Hoyt (1891-02-13)
  3. Dwg 003-036 (HH.5.00176.2): Machinery Arrangement, Launch - Stm, Oyster Boat, for Wm. H. Hoyt and Son, South Norwalk, Conn. (1891-02-13)
  4. Dwg 007-064 (HH.5.00692): Shaft for Oyster Steamer (1891-04-30)
  5. Dwg 006-023 (HH.5.00523): 4 Bladed Bronze for Oyster Steamer, 52" Diam., 100" x 54" Pitch (1891-12-29)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde (see individual drawing's info for more information about these).
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Explore diaries and logs of the Herreshoff family which may include this boat.

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1891-07-03] Fri 3: … Oyster boat Wm. H. Hoyt [#167p] arrives for machinery.
[1891-07-10] Fri 10 Very fine. Light N [wind in] a.m., mod[erate] S in p.m. At Prov[idence] with oyster st[eame]r Wm. H. Hoyt." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1891. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)

Archival Documents

Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #167p [Machinery only for Wm. H. Hoyt] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.


Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
    • Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.
From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Year: 1890
E/P/S: P
No.: 167
Name: Wm. H. Hoyt
Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.
Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

Research Note(s)

"Note that the 1892 List of Merchant Vessels of the United States contains an entry for the 'William H. Hoyt', a steam ship of 91.02 gross tons, 82' x 18' x 7.2' (l x b x d) with a steam engine of a nominal horsepower of 100 and an indicated horsepower of 115. She was built in 1891 in Bridgeport, CT which also was her homeport. (Source: van der Linde, Claas. July 23, 2010.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.


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