The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . 2 o H ^H DO w o M o Ow x£ w w Kl. 20 the lieart of the harbor within one mile of each other, one ofthem, that of The Wra. Cramp & Sons Ship and Eng:ine Build-inj; Company, on the IMiihulolpIiia side of llie river, and tlieother, the New York Shipbuilding Company, on tlie New .1(m--sey side. Of approximately the same size, these two yardseach employ normally about 5,000 workmen. A very largepart of our new Navy and the American Merchant Marineare products of these two establishments. Ranking next to these private yards, from a ship build
The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages . 2 o H ^H DO w o M o Ow x£ w w Kl. 20 the lieart of the harbor within one mile of each other, one ofthem, that of The Wra. Cramp & Sons Ship and Eng:ine Build-inj; Company, on the IMiihulolpIiia side of llie river, and tlieother, the New York Shipbuilding Company, on tlie New .1(m--sey side. Of approximately the same size, these two yardseach employ normally about 5,000 workmen. A very largepart of our new Navy and the American Merchant Marineare products of these two establishments. Ranking next to these private yards, from a ship buildingpoint of view, is the Philadeli)hia Navy Yard of the CnitedStates Government, situated on League Island in the southernpart of the cit}-, just at the junction of the Schuylkill Avith theDelaware River. This establishment is located on a reserva-tion containing more than 900 acres of space; it affoids em-ployment for upwards of 2,300 men; has approximately of deep water front capable of development, on whichthere are already provided piers and bulkheads for the ac-commoda
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