. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . U. S. S. TUSCARORA. WORK AT THE OLD PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD AND INPRIVATE SHIPYARDS. T ^HE first United States Navy Yard at Phila-delphia was located in the First Ward, justsouth of Washington avenue, and frontingupon the Delaware River. The entrancewas on Federal street. It included, in an irregularquadrangle, eighteen acres, which were enclosed uponthe land sides by a high brick wall. The principalbuildings were two great ship-houses, moulding lofts,machine shops and barracks. A sectional floating dry-dock was also a part of the equipment. In the a
. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . U. S. S. TUSCARORA. WORK AT THE OLD PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD AND INPRIVATE SHIPYARDS. T ^HE first United States Navy Yard at Phila-delphia was located in the First Ward, justsouth of Washington avenue, and frontingupon the Delaware River. The entrancewas on Federal street. It included, in an irregularquadrangle, eighteen acres, which were enclosed uponthe land sides by a high brick wall. The principalbuildings were two great ship-houses, moulding lofts,machine shops and barracks. A sectional floating dry-dock was also a part of the equipment. In the ante-bellum days the average number of men employedwas eight hundred. These civilian employees verygenerally lived, with their families, in the neighbor-hood. The Navy Yard occupied the site of the pre-Revolutionary Association Battery, where, at a laterperiod, Joshua Humphries had a shipyard. Thisleading naval architect built the frigate United Stateshere, in 1797, and in 1799, launched the famousfrigate Philadelphia, which was presented to the Gov-ernment by the State of Pennsylvania, a ship foreverassociated with the bri
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