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Visitors Book at Cramp Yard Reflects Notables
A visitors book kept at the Cramp Shipyard since fall 1804 records signatures of prominent figures from around the world. Notables include Sir Robert Forwood, President Cleveland and wife, Japanese admiral Naok Miyaoka, and Chinese delegates, with entries added during major yard events.
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Cramp
Robert Bowen Forwood
Ormskirk
Liverpool
Artur
A. PD. Forwood
Lst
England
Cleveland
Army
Navy
Naok’ Miyaoka
Imperial Japanese
TLV
Seay York Times