. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . U. S. S. NEW U. S. S. TUSCARORA. WORK AT THE OLD PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD AND INPRIVATE SHIPYARDS t I SHE first United States Navy Yard at Phila-I delphia was located in the First Ward, just I south of Washington avenue, and fronting upon 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
. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . U. S. S. NEW U. S. S. TUSCARORA. WORK AT THE OLD PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD AND INPRIVATE SHIPYARDS t I SHE first United States Navy Yard at Phila-I delphia was located in the First Ward, just I south of Washington avenue, and fronting upon 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 prese
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