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the river were, reputedly, the match of yachts built for speed alone. 

 They were propelled by a small sail bent to a slanting yard suspended 

 from a chain on a stump mast so rigged and balanced that the yard 

 and sail could be brought down almost to the deck to pass under 

 bridges and raised again with the least possible inconvenience. 1 



In addition to the file of material described, the Survey had an 

 inestimable value in the preservation of the skill and interest of crafts- 

 men of the shipbuilding industry, as well as a record of some achieve- 

 ment in instructing young men and partially skilled personnel in 

 more advanced branches of their work. Many men were called from 

 employment on the Survey to old or new positions in the industry. 



The Survey was terminated as a Federal project in October of 

 1937, though several offices have been continued as State projects 

 under local sponsorship. Copies of drawings and other material pro- 

 duced by these projects are being currently offered to the National 

 Museum for preservation with the main collection. 



APPENDIX 



A partial list of types and dates grouped under the Survey offices is as follows : 



Portland, Maine. — Bay and river steamers, 1900-1907; schooners, 1873-1891; 

 ship Mount Washington, 1840. 



Boston, Mass. — Fishing schooners, 1856-1936; coasting and other schooners, 

 1854-1888; ships and barks, 1846-1873; Tancook whaler, 1909; Whitehall boat, 

 1860; No Mans Land boat, 1898; U. S. Revenue schooner, 1833; North River 

 sloop, 1836; Friendship sloop, 1902; waterboat, 1866; sloops, 1876-1896; 

 sharpies, 1900; gundalows, 1886-1936. 



New York, N. Y.— Ship Sea Witch, 1846; Hell Gate pilot boat, 1886. 



Wilmington, Del. — Coasting and trading schooners, 1874-1877; bark Sarah S. 

 Ridgeway, 1877; oyster schooners, 1904-1926; clam and oyster garveys: stur- 

 geon and pot fishing skiffs; steamer John G. Christopher, 1892. 



Baltimore, Md., and Hampton, Va. — Log canoes, 1835-1898; bugeyes, 1885- 

 1902; sloops, skipjacks, 1852-1899; schooners, 1856-1899; fishing bateaux, 1920- 

 1928; scow sloop, 1874; tow-boat, 1883; sail plans of Bay craft, 1862-1901; 

 sloop Frances and pilot schooner Mary Taylor, 1849; Staten Island oyster skiff. 



Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla. — Sponge fishing sloops, yawls, dinghies, from 

 lateen-rigged Hydra to 1937; Bahama and keys fishing sloops, 1855-1930; 

 schooners, 1855-1902; sharpies, 1884-1904; skipjack, c. 1875-1896; Seminole 

 dugout, 1837; Nicaraguan cayuca; catboat, 1885; steam tugs, 1883-1895; 

 river steamers, 1870-1898; the Danish bark Prins Valdemar, 1892; Long 

 Island Sound sand-bagger sloop, 1872. 



Chicago, III. — Lakes schooners, 1853-1895; steamers, 1852-1890; steam tow- 

 boats, 1886-1896; steam barges and scows, 1873-1892; canal boat, 1875; river 

 scow; scow schooner; sail plans of schooners, 1853-1881; Mackinaw fishing 

 boats, 1887-1900; logging bateau, c. 1890; motor passenger boat Gypsy, 1911. 



San Francisco, Calif. — Scow schooners, 1870-1902; ships, barks, and barken- 

 tines, 1880-1902; felucca, c. 1900; schooners, 1882-1917; Norwegian cutter 

 Gjoa, 1872; steam schooner, Roosevelt, 1905; Diesel tugs, 1914-1923; paddle 

 steamers, 1875-1894. 



1 A partial list of types of vessels surveyed with their dates is appended. 

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