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Navy Yard Proposal and Iron Vessel Machinery Report
The secretary outlines the push to modernize the U S Navy with iron ships and steam power. He reviews competing machinery from major firms, experimental tests, and the need for a dedicated iron shipyard on the Delaware near Philadelphia to build and repair iron vessels and their large steam machinery. He warns that existing yards are inadequate for war needs and urges a secure inland site with coal, timber, and skilled labor.
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England
France
Department
Soea
Navy
Corless
Providence
R. I
J. Ericsson
New York
William Wright
Woodruff and Beach
Hartford
Merrick and Sons
Philadelphia
Bureau of Steam Engineering
IE. N. Dickerson
Fulton Iron Works
Morgan Iron Works
Messrs
Connecticut
Harrison Loring
Boston
Atlantic Works
Vulcan Works
Baltimore
Miantonomah
Naval Constructors
Navy Yards
Ericsson
Great Britain
Europe
Seaboard States
Board of Engineers
Academy of Science
Franklin Institute
Chesapeake Bay
Rio Grande
Congress
Delaware
League Island
Navy Yard
Mound City
Memphis
New Orleans
Ship Island
Pensacola
Key West
Port Royal
Beaufort
Norfolk
Tonawanda
Portsmouth
Delaware River
New London
Hudson