Historic Documents & Official Publications (Database)

Documents, including PDF photo collections, reproductions and scans of drawings, illustrations, and images, from the archives of the U.S. Coast Guard and its five predecessor agencies: the Revenue Cutter Service, the Life-Saving Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Steamboat Inspection Service from the Coast Guard Archives and Special Collections, Coast Guard, and National Archives.

NOTE: Documents provided are in the public domain.

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Washington, DC 20593-7031


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New London, CT 06320-8100

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Images & Photographs

1792 Distilling Seawater John Foster Williams, USRCS (1928)

"Making Fresh water by Distilling Sea Water in 1792. Experiments of Captain John Foster Williams, USRCS" by RADM Elliot Snow, USN. Vol XL, No. 4; Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, pp. 36, 542-545.

VIRIN: 1928_SNOW_1792_MAKING_FRESH_WATER_DISTILLING_SEAWATER.PDF
Photo by: USCG Historian's Office

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