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GENERAL
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
CHAPTER VI.
85
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.
194728
153