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OF
New York Ship Yards
BY
JOHN H. MORRISON
AUTHOR
"HISTORY OF AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION"
PRESS OF WM. F. SAMETZ & CO.
NEW YORK
HARVARD COLLEGE
JUN 20 1910
LIBRARY
Bright good
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY JOHN H. MORRISON.
CHAPTER I.
Colonial Period
CHAPTER II.
1784 to 1820.
CONTENTS.
Early American New York Shipbuilders-The "Clermont"
and Her Builder
PAGE
5
16
CHAPTER III.
Period of Large Development in Shipbuilding-Marine Railway
and Dry Docks-Tools
50
CHAPTER IV.
Strikes of Shipyard Employees, and Formation of Trade
Unions in New York City
64
CHAPTER V.
Mechanics' Bell
85
CHAPTER VI.
New Era in Shipbuilding-Ocean Steamships-Clipper Ships..
92
CHAPTER VII.
Launching of Vessels and Launching Disasters-Dry Dock
Accidents
107
CHAPTER VIII.
High Water in Wooden Shipbuilding-Yacht "America"-
Record of Prominent American Clipper Ships.....
118
CHAPTER IX.
Decline of Wooden Shipbuilding.
153