Biography of Howard E. Cornell
Howard E. Cornell was a marine engineer and naval architect who acted as the receiving officer for the Neafie and Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when it went out of business in the early 1900s. In 1902 the company was building three destroyers, the U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY, for the U.S. Navy.
Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Bainbridge (Destroyer : DD-1)
Barry (Destroyer : DD-2)
Chauncey (Destroyer : DD-3)
Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co.
Reaney, Neafie & Co.
United States. Navy
Subjects:
Dredges–Specifications
Marine engineering–United States
Marine engines–Specifications
Naval architecture–United States
Pilot boats–
Specifications
Shipbuilding–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia
Tugboats–Specifications
Document Types:
Specifications
Occupations:
Marine engineers–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia
Naval architects–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia
Administrative Information
Coll. 84, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Papers; 1921-1937 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Papers including specifications for the pilot boat DELAWARE and an agreement to build the pilot boat; 1921 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Papers including data sheets and specifications of oil burning vs.coal burning for ships’ power plants; undated | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Papers including notes, engineering drawings, estimates, bids, and specifications; 1921-1928 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Specifications for the construction of a steel hull for a derrick scow for the M. P. Howlett Co., Inc. of Philadelphia, Penn.; undated | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Papers including a notice of Public Hearing, maps, and a copy of an address, all pertaining to the New Jersey Canal; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Papers; 1851-1920 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Aricles of agreement between Thomas Reaney, Jacob G. Neafie, John P. Levy, for the founding of the firm Reaney, Neafie, & Co., Kensington, Penn.; 1851 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Deed, executed by Thomas Reaney of Philadelphia, Penn., assigned a patent for an improved propeller design to Jacob G. Neafie and John P. Levy; 1859 Dec 31 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Letters pertaining to the firm of Reaney, Neafie, & Co.; 1859 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Papers, including letters, and incorporation papers pertaining to the firm of Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building Co., Penn. Works, Philadephia; 1891 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Papers, including a letter patent and a stock certificate for the Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Penn. Works, Philadephia; 1915 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Papers, including a letter and postcard from Guantanamo, Cuba, pertaining to a fire engine built by Neafie and Levy 1868, no. 38; 1920 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Letters pertaining to installment payments by the Navy Department for the Destroyer U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE; 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Letters pertaining to contracts, vouchers, and payments for the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Papers including an agreement and specifications relative to changes in the contract for the construction of the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 19202 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Papers including complete weekly recap of labor and natual costs for the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 1903 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Bonds to accompany the contracts for the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY in the amount of $42,450 each; 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Briefs prepared by the firm of Neafie & Levy petitioning for an increase in contractural price in the case of the Destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Tonnage table for torpedo boat destroyers, setting forth the weight in tons of all component parts; undated | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Tables of standardization and endurance trials runs for the destroyers for the U.S.S. BARRY and CHAUNCEY; 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Statement relative to the cost of torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers authorized by the act of May 4, 1898 in conection with relief of the contractors therefore; 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Study analysis of cost details in the construction of the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY as taken from the books of original entry of the Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building Co.; undated (187 pieces ) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Reprint from the Journal of the AMERICAN SOCIETY of NAVAL ENGINEERS, an article by James Nelson Alexander entitled “U.S. Torpedo-Boat Destroyers BAIBRIDGE, BARRY and CHAUNCEY”; 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Imprint entitled “Statement of the Builders of Torpedo Boats and Torpedo Boats Destroyers to Committees on Claims 58th Congress Requesting Relief” under the provisions of Senate Bill 4008 and House Resolution 10346; 1905 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Imprint by John Isaac Thornycroft and Sidney Walker Barnaby entitled “Torpedo-Boat Destroyers published by The Institute of Civil Engineers, London, England; 1895 | ||||||||||||
| Volumes; 1915-1936 | |||||||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Monograph, House Doucment No. 93, 74th Congress, 2nd Session, entitled “New York Bay-Delaware River Section of the Intra-Coastal Waterway”; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mongraph, Wilfred H. Schoff, “The Intra-Coastal Waterway” (Philadelphia: Atlantic Deep Waters, Association); 1915 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Monograph, U.S. Department of Commerce, serial No. 444, “Distance Between United States Ports”; 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mongraph, Senate Documents, No,. 279, 65 Congress, 2nd Session, “Atlantic Intra-Coastal Canals”; 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Hull recordbook, setting forth the mold loft dimensions for hulls, no. 899 to 958 inclusive; undated | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Hull recordbook, setting forth the mold loft dimensions for hulls, no. 959 to 1,012 inclusive; undated | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Engineering record book, setting forth the boilers, leg boilers, and propeller sizes, dimensions, and specifications for approximately 900 hulls; undated | ||||||||||||