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Title: Tugboat, Miraflores, built for Isthmian Canan Commission
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Contract 1184 - 1909-11-02. Length: 118 feet. Beam: 15 feet. Depth: 9 feet 3 in. Engine 13 in. x 21 in. x 32 in./24 in.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0831
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Delivery of the tugboat Elisa, hull #274
Date(s): 1893
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0812
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Nylon tow rope
Date(s): 1948-06-17
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs...
Show moreMore than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs of stockings. Special factory conditioning represented several months of use at sea. The hawser is re-reeled at the factory, after a special process conditioned the line to an equivalent of several months at sea.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1397
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Framed photographs of American River Boats built by the Pusey and Jones Company
Date(s): 1890?, 1890
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0498
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: The steamer, Compton built for North State Improvement Company
Date(s): 1889
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Length: 85 feet. Beam: 24 feet. Depth: 7 feet 6 in. Engine #810.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0501
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Delivery of the tugboat Transfer No. 11, hull #289
Date(s): 1897
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0652
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Steel tugboat, Elisa, built for Bartram Bros. for San Domingo
Date(s): 1889
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Length: 46 feet. Beam: 14 feet. Depth: 5 feet 6 in. Eng. #866, 10 in. x 12 in.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0508
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Christening of P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] Tug #35
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Contract #1191.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0805
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Carney's Point tug, Emily
Date(s): 1890/1910, 1890, 1910
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner)
Collection ID: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238)
Hagley ID: 1972238_141
Collection: Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection

Title: Nylon hawser put into service
Date(s): 1948-06-17
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Description: More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs...
Show moreMore than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs of stockings.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1393
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Ocean-going tugboat
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsy magazine negatives (PRR) (Accession 2017.206)
Hagley ID: AVD_2017206_019
Collection: Pennsy magazine negatives

Title: Nylon hawser put into service
Date(s): 1948-06-17
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Description: More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs...
Show moreMore than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs of stockings. Special factory conditioning represented several months of use at sea. The hawser is re-reeled at the factory, after a special process conditioned the line to an equivalent of several months at sea.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1394
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Building of the tugboat Miraflores, hull #341
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_1142
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Tugboat, Miraflores, built for Isthmian Canan Commission
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Contract 1184 - 1909-11-02. Length: 118 feet. Beam: 15 feet. Depth: 9 feet 3 in.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0774
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: The tugboat, Colon, built for The Spanish River Co.
Date(s): 1890
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Length: 90 feet. Beam: 20 feet. Depth: 10 feet Engine #831.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0488
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: The tugboat, Triton
Date(s): 1886
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Length: 82 feet. Beam: 16 feet. Depth: 6 feet 6 in. Engine #873.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0524
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Merritt, Chapman & Scott Company's derrick, raising tug boat which sank in Delaware River
Date(s): 1941-05-15
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_13501
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: The tugboat, Metor, Hull 155
Date(s): 1879
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0449
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Transfer #11 underway, built for New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Date(s): 1897
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Contract 886.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0131
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] Tug #35
Date(s): 1910
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Contract #1191.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0803
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: The tugboat, Harriet, built for Christiana Navigation Co.
Date(s): 1903?, 1903
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Length: 70 feet. Beam: 18 feet. Depth: 7 feet 6 in. - Scotch Boiler Eng. #907 -12 in. x 24 in. x 18 in. Water tower in background.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0012
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Nylon hawser put into service
Date(s): 1948-06-17
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Description: More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs...
Show moreMore than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs of stockings. Special factory conditioning represented several months of use at sea. Moran and Plymouth officials inspect the still wrapped coil at dockside.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1392
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: The tugboat, General Padilla, Hull 140, built for T. Amsink & Co.
Date(s): 1877
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Length: 75 feet. Beam: 17 feet. Depth: 7 feet 9 in. Engine #484. Engine: direct acting surface condensing 22 in. diameter 24 in. stroke
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0406
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad steel twin screw tugboat #35
Date(s): 1911
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Description: Contract 1191. Length: 117 feet 6 in. Beam: 32 feet. Depth: 15 feet. Two scotch boilers-Eng. Triple Expansion.
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0838
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Nylon hawser put into service
Date(s): 1948-06-17
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Description: More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs...
Show moreMore than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever manufactured by Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts and has breaking point strength of more than 105,000 pounds, comparing favorably with larger manila hawsers. It weighs over a ton, and contains enough nylon to make over 74,000 pairs of stockings. Special factory conditioning represented several months of use at sea. The wrapped coil is unloaded from a truck before being placed aboard the tug Margot Moran, moored on the Hudson River.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1391
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

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