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• Collection: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

• Title: Ship Balclutha, 2905 Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
• Other Title: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
  Ship Star of Alaska
  Ship Pacific Queen
• Creator(s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator
• Related Names:
     Charles Connell & Company
     McMillan, Robert
     J.J. Moore & Company
     Alaska Packers Association
     Kissinger, Frank A. "Tex"
     Kortum, Karl
     Kissinger, Rose
     Connell, Charles
     San Francisco Maritime Museum Association
     Kortum, Karl
     Pacific Dry Dock and Ship Repair Company
     Tri-Coastal Marine
     Canright, Stephen
     Donco, Inc.
     Bay Ship and Yacht Company
     DBI Construction
     San Francisco Drydock, Inc.
     White Elephant Management
     Soeten, Harlan
     Dring, Harry
     Anderson, Richard K., Jr. , project manager
     Jackson, Robbyn L. , field team supervisor
     San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park , sponsor
     Hyman, Steven A. , consultant
     Przygocki, Timothy , consultant
     Harrison, Michael R. , historian
     Kuhnert, Matthew J. , historian
     Bloch, Todd , project manager
     Croteau, Todd A. , project manager
     San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park , sponsor
     Lowe, Jet , photographer
     Starr, Mark , delineator
     Booth, Russell , photographer
     Brouwer, Norman J. , historian
     Bates, T. Paul , delineator
     Bittle, Mark T. , delineator
     Case, C. Jean , delineator
     Cooper, Deborah J. , delineator
     Cubina, Marta M. , delineator
     Frisch, David G. , delineator
     McCormick, Jennifer , delineator
     McMullen, Pamela J. , delineator
     Overby, Christian D. , delineator
     Salarano, Laura E. , delineator
     Tagami, Ty T. , delineator
     Yahn, Jacqueline , delineator
     Yi, Chang K. , delineator
     McPartland, Mary , transmitter
     McNatt, Jason W. , delineator
     Danford, Steve , photographer
     Campbell, Tim , photographer
     McPartland, Mary , transmitter
• Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1968
• Medium: Photo(s): 150
  Color Transparencies: 1
  Measured Drawing(s): 71
  Data Page(s): 240
  Photo Caption Page(s): 11
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)
  
• Call Number: HAER CAL,38-SANFRA,200-
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
• Notes:
  • Significance: The three-masted, steel-hulled ship Balclutha was a typical British-built sailing cargo vessel when constructed in 1886. Today it is just one of a handful of such vessels surviving in the world. As an artifact of the international trade that built the economy and culture of San Francisco and California, the ship has no equal. It retains a high degree of integrity in its hull materials and form and in its lofty rig, which has, perhaps uniquely among historic tall ships, never been wholly removed. Its historic importance was recognized through designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N5
  • Survey number: HAER CA-54
  • Building/structure dates: 1886 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1954- 1955 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1986 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1991-1992 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1997-1998 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 2002 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 2008 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 2012 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 2014 Subsequent Work
  • National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000178
• Subjects:
  • cargo ships
  • steel hulls
  • lumber industry
  • trade
  • maritime
  • sailing ships
  • bowsprits
  • compasses
  • binnacles
  • saloons
  • skylights
  • steering gear
  • cabins (vehicle spaces)
  • decks (watercraft components)
  • masts
  • galleys (ship kitchens)
  • capstans
  • interpretation
• Place:
  • California--San Francisco County--San Francisco
• Latitude/Longitude: 37.8098, -122.422527
• Collections:
  • Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
• Part of: Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Call Number: HAER CAL,38-SANFRA,200-
• Medium: Photo(s): 150
  Color Transparencies: 1
  Measured Drawing(s): 71
  Data Page(s): 240
  Photo Caption Page(s): 11

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• Call Number: HAER CAL,38-SANFRA,200-
• Medium: Photo(s): 150
  Color Transparencies: 1
  Measured Drawing(s): 71
  Data Page(s): 240
  Photo Caption Page(s): 11

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