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with clients. Together, they grew the business from about 20 employees to over 400. Herreshoff's talent for innovation found expression in both design and light-construction techniques. They built a variety of fast, steam-powered vessels and military craft. Having started its design since 1876, The Herreshoffs built the first torpedo spar boat for the U.S. Navy.
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In 1878 Herreshoff returned to Bristol where he and one of his brothers, John Brown Herreshoff (1841–1915), who was blind, formed the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Nathanael provided the engineering expertise and John provided the business expertise, managing the firm's personnel and interacting
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opened to release over-pressure, Herreshoff closed it so the boat could achieve its anticipated maximum speed. But a boiler exploded, fatally injuring a member of the crew. Consequently, Herreshoff lost his steam engineer's license.
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While the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company's early work centered on steam-powered vessels, by the 1890s the Herreshoffs turned to the design and construction of yachts for wealthy American clients, including
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Those of the 2,000-plus designs by Herreshoff that survive are sought by connoisseurs of classic yachts. Herreshoff S-Class sailboats, designed in 1919 and built until 1941, are still actively raced in
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Capt. Nat Herreshoff, the Wizard of Bristol: The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Together With an Account of Some of the Yachts He Designed
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Herreshoff designed and built the following America's Cup contenders. All won the series against their challengers. Herreshoff was the helmsman of
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In the last quarter of the 19th century, Herreshoff constructed a double-hulled sailing boat of his own design (US Pat. No. 189,459). The craft,
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Invented the crosscut sail, with panels running at right angles to the leech, in order to combat cotton canvas' tendency to distort under load.
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In 1888, a serious accident occurred while Herreshoff was supervising speed trials of a 138-foot (42 m), 875-horsepower (652 kW)
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topsides to achieve a lighter and faster boat. This combination of materials had been pioneered in the French fresh-water racing yacht
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was very successful racing on the Solent, leading to several follow-up orders from British Yachtswomen and Yachtsmen.
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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff III offers the following: Captain Nat, a seventh child, was named after Revolutionary
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Herreshoff was noted as an innovative sailboat designer of his time. His designs ranged from the
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Temple to the Wind: The Story of America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece, Reliance
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Herreshoff of Bristol: A Photographic History of America's Greatest Yacht and Boat Builders
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Herreshoff Yachts: Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and Ingenuity in Bristol
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article and caught the attention of the Vanderbilt Americacup syndicate. In salt water,
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Designing motor and sailing yachts, especially America's Cup defenders between 1893-1920
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Herreshoff, Nathanael G. and William Picard Stephens, annotated by John W. Streeter,
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preserves Herreshoff's legacy at the former site of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, William Picard Stephens: Their Last Letters 1930-1938
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was the Navy's first torpedo boat capable of launching self-propelled torpedoes.
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Grant, I. A. (1977). "The Herreshoff Spar Torpedo Boats of 1878–1880".
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Nathanael Herreshoff (November 24, 1877). L. Francis Herreshoff (ed.).
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How They Succeeded – Life Stories of Successful Men Told by Themselves
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According to his son's biography, Herreshoff's achievements include:
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a ½ rater for Winifred Sutton, daughter of Sir Richard Sutton, 5th
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Herreshoff was an accomplished sailor, and was inducted into the
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Building the Mosquito Fleet: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats
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in 2011. Two of Herreshoff's sons, Sidney Dewolf Herreshoff and
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design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated
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Thompson, Winfield Martin; Lawson, Thomas W. (1986) .
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had been beaten in the 1885 America's cup by Puritan.
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Herreshoff Marine Museum / America's Cup Hall of Fame
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won the America's Cup in 1895 over Lord Dunraven's
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He was one of seven brothers. 187: 1210:"Small Coastal Transport (APc)" 857:"Herreshoff, John Brown" (1841– 520:—built in 1877, was 31 ft long. 311:, also became yacht designers. 868:Herreshoff, John Brown Francis 1: 1702:America's Cup yacht designers 1040:National Sailing Hall of Fame 824:; Brown, John Howard (1904). 578:over the standard monohulls. 305:National Sailing Hall of Fame 1433:Simpson, Richard V. (2007). 1008:Simpson, Richard V. (2001). 379:William Kissam Vanderbilt II 314:He died on June 2, 1938, in 228:and was named after General 1727:Engineers from Rhode Island 1656:Nathanael Greene Herreshoff 1259:Richard V. 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Index

Nathanael Herreshoff
Herreshoff (surname)

Bristol, Rhode Island
Bristol, Rhode Island
Lewis Francis Herreshoff
J. B. F. Herreshoff
Charles F. Herreshoff
L. Francis Herreshoff
Halsey Chase Herreshoff

naval architect
mechanical engineer
yacht
America's Cup
Bristol, Rhode Island
Nathanael Greene
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
mechanical engineering
Corliss Steam Engine
Providence, Rhode Island
Centennial Exposition
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
dynamo
USS Stiletto
steamboat
safety valve
National Sailing Hall of Fame
Lewis Francis Herreshoff
Bristol, Rhode Island

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