Lake Submarine Salvage Company - Nevada 1935

Beautiful certificate from the Lake Submarine Salvage Company issued in 1935. This historic document was printed by J. Meyers, Inc. and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of two allegorical men in front of a factory. This item has the signatures of the Company's President and Founder, Simon Lake and is over 76 years old. Shows signed of wear with the top white margin having a small piece missing that does not affect the certificate border.


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SIMON LAKE, distinguished marine engineer, played a major part in the development of the submarine as a practical device. "PERHAPS no man in the past century has had as much to do with the shape of history as Simon Lake. That statement is intended as a query rather than as a statement of fact. It may be debatable, but it is also defendable." (from the Forward by Herbert Corey in the Autobiography Of Simon Lake, 1938 ).

The Lake Submarine Company spawned many smaller companies as Sound & Coast Wrecking Co. in 1900, Pearl Fisheries Sub. Machinery Co. in 1909, Bedrock Gold Sub. Machinery Co. in 1911, Catawba Dredging Co. in 1911, Lake Motor Boat & Aero Co. in 1914, Sub. Exploration & Recovery Co. in 1920, Deep Sea Submarine Salvage Corp. in 1929, Industrial Submarine Corp. LTD in 1930, Explorer Submarine Corp. in 1932, Underseas Recovery Corp. in 1938, and Lake & Dannenhower, Inc. in 1928 which related to the re-outfitting of a Lake-type submarine for under-ice navigation renamed the Nautilus . However, the most lucrative commercial companies were The Lake Submarine Salvage Corp. in 1930 and Argonaut Salvage Corp. in 1919.

Simon Lake was born in Pleasantville, N.J., September 4, 1866, the son of Christopher J. Lake whose father was the Honorable Simon Lake, one of the founders of Atlantic City and Ocean City, New Jersey. The Honorable Simon Lake and his brothers built the first highway and bridge to Atlantic City and were instrumental in having the first railroads established to both cities.