Fort Pond Bay Transatlantic Harbor / Montauk Beach Development Corporation

Archive

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Montauk Library Archives

Name/Title

Fort Pond Bay Transatlantic Harbor / Montauk Beach Development Corporation

Entry/Object ID

ARC.0225

Scope and Content

The Fort Pond Bay Transatlantic Harbor ledger produced by the Montauk Beach Development Corporation outlines Carl G. Fisher's negotiations at Fort Pond Bay in Montauk, New York for a national steamship and railway terminal for Trans-Atlantic mail and passenger traffic. The ledger contains hand-annotated typewritten proposals, correspondence, costs, reports, and studies. The table of contents is listed in the historical note section below. This copy was Carl G. Fisher's personal property.

Archive Details

Creator

Carl G. Fisher, Montauk Beach Development Corporation

Date(s) of Creation

1912 - 1928

Archive Size/Extent

1 book, 201 pages.

Restrictions

The collection is open for research and can be used within the library under the supervision of the archivist. Contact archives@montauklibrary.org to schedule a research appointment.

Primary Language

English

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquired From

Donor Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Table of Contents: 1. General outline of my negotiations at Fort Pond Bay, 1 - 39. 2. Commodore M. L. Woods, U.S. Navy: Montauk Terminal and Trans-Atlantic Mail and Passenger Traffic, 40 - 64. 3. Major General Sir Henry Thorton, Chairmen and Vice President, Canadian National Railways: Development of a Steamship Terminal, 65 - 85. 4. Westinghouse Church Kerr & Company: Physical Development of a Steamship Terminal at Montauk, Long Island, 86 - 94. 5. Mission of Captain Daudet, French Engineer of the "Ecole Centrale" of Paris: a.) Port of Montauk - Commercial and economic study of the establishment of a Trans-Atlantic Port at Montauk, 97 - 116. b.) Technical study for the Port of Montauk, 117 - 130. c.) Technical study of the existing installations - Port of New York (1913), 131 - 148. d.) Program of work to be executed at Montauk for the creation of a Trans-Atlantic Port, 149 - 155. e.) Study upon lands, 156-161. 6. Mr. S. O. Lyford's Report on Montauk, 162 - 201.

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

Needs Historical Note.