History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . ies were merged into one and known as the Puseyand Jones Company. The Gloucester yards comprised 186 acres of land onwhich is constructed 22 main buildings of brick and steelconstruction, consisting of a main office, two plate andangle shops, two mold lofts, two angle bending shops, amachine and boiler shop, a joiner shop and dry kiln,power house, power sub-station, general warehouse, hos-pital and 185 smaller buildings of frame are eleven launching ways, over which are elevenGantry cranes of modern design, being of the
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . ies were merged into one and known as the Puseyand Jones Company. The Gloucester yards comprised 186 acres of land onwhich is constructed 22 main buildings of brick and steelconstruction, consisting of a main office, two plate andangle shops, two mold lofts, two angle bending shops, amachine and boiler shop, a joiner shop and dry kiln,power house, power sub-station, general warehouse, hos-pital and 185 smaller buildings of frame are eleven launching ways, over which are elevenGantry cranes of modern design, being of the coveredtype, with four corner booms and eight fixed hoists oneach. This design is new to the Delaware river ship-building district. The company has its own water tower and mains, sup-plying water throughout the yards, its high pressure airsystem and a complete sanitary system. These yards are considered among the best equippedand most efficiently designed shipyards in this country, CAMDEN COUNTY TX Till. GREAT WAR. 227 r 2. 2! ? h o O CO o pi Si JO o. ^^P- INDUSTRY. 229 and were built with the purpose of building standardizedships, being among the first in America to adopt this sys-tem. Another distinctive feature of the Gloucester yardsis the method of launching, being the only yard in the eastlaunching ships sideways. At the close of the war, the Gloucester yards were justreaching their full development. They contributed to theUnited States Navy two mine sweepers, the Thrush andthe Eider, each being 180 feet in length; and to com-merce, five tankers, the Chestnut Hill, the John , the Alllentown, the Brandywine and theBessemer, of 7,000 deadweight tons each, being 380feet long, 50 feet 9 inches beam and 31 feet, 3 inchesdeep; two cargo steamers, the Indianapolis and theHenry Clay, of 12,500 deadweight tons, each being455 feet long, 60 feet beam and 36 feet 8 inches deep;and three cargo steamers, the Castle Point, the CastleWood and the Castle Town, of 5,000 deadweigh
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