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- Creator
- Bowles, Francis Tiffany, 1858-1927
- Call number
- MssCol 356
- Physical description
- 1.01 linear feet (5 volumes)
- Preferred Citation
- Papers regarding construction of ships for the United States Navy, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
These papers of Francis Tiffany Bowles, Assistant Naval Constructor in the United States Navy, relate to the construction of the U.S.S. Texas and the U.S.S. Raleigh, as well as gun boats, auxiliary boats, and other vessels. They include specifications, costs, reports on progress of construction, photographs of progress, information about machines needed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and data on British war ships and about the speed trial of the Japanese cruiser Naniwa-Kan. The papers also contain data about the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.S. Detroit
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Names
- Bowles, Francis Tiffany, 1858-1927
- Concord (Gunboat)
- Detroit (Cruiser)
- Japan. Kaigun
- Norfolk Navy Yard (U.S.)
- Raleigh (Armored cruiser)
- Texas (Second class battleship)
- United States. Navy
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328