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Henry Steers
| Name | Henry Steers |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Ortsteil | Greenpoint |
| Straße | Green Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Schiffswerft |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Fuß der Green und Huron Streets, am East River. |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 142] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 14.09.1832 |
Geburt von Henry Steers |
| 1857 |
Steers macht sich selbständig. |
| 1859 |
Steers läßt sich in Green Point nieder. |
| 01.1865 |
Stapellauf der "Arizona" für die "Pacific Mail Steamship Company" |
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| Schiffe |
1868 |
[Bishop: Hist. of Amer. manuf. I (1868)] |
1868 |
[Bishop: Hist. of Amer. manuf. I (1868)] |
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| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Located at Greenpoint, Long Island, is noteworthy, from the fact that some of the largest and finest steamers in the merchant service have been constructed there, and the largest wooden merchantman yet built in this country, and, probably, in the world, is there at this time approaching completion. It is situated at the foot of Green and Huron streets, on the East river, and occupies an area of one hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred square feet of ground. Henry Steers, the proprietor of these yards, is one of the youngest of the eminent American ship-builders, having been born September 14, 1832; but is descended from a tribe of shipwrights - his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather having been connected with the profession. He is the nephew of George Steers, the celebrated yacht builder, whose untimely death, about ten years since, deprived New-York of a man who had made American yachts famous in foreign waters. Young Henry was educated in schools of his native city, and was examined and passed for admission into the free Academy; but, at the age of sixteen, following the traditionary bent of his ancestry, he elected to go into the ship yard of his father and his uncle George, who . were then associated in business. He there served a regular apprenticeship, passing through all the gradations, from a grindstone boy to a foreman, evincing quick perceptions and more than ordinary mathematical talent, which he assiduously cultivated, so that, upon attaining his majority, be was able to take a position with the best educated and most promising shipwrights. For several years he was foreman in the ship yard of his uncle, George Steers, and, from his association with him, undoubtedly gained much practical knowledge, which has since been of great service to him in his profession. In 1857, he commenced business on his own account, first building several yachts and pilot boats, which were noted for their elegance and swiftness - among them the "Charles H. Marshall", one of the best and fastest pilot boats now in use in New York harbor. In 1859, Mr. Steers located himself at Green Point, where he still conducts his business, and where he built the "Hu Quang", the "Che Kiang", and the "Fob Kein", now in the China trade. The "Fob Kein" made the quickest trip to China ever recorded, and is now the fastest boat plying in Chinese waters. Her length is two hundred and seventy-five feet; breadth, forty-four feet; depth, twenty-two feet; and capacity about two thousand tons. The "Arizona", launched by Mr. Steers in January, 1865, for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, is just making her first trip from New York to Aspinwall. Her length is three hundred and twenty-five feet; breadth of beam, forty-six feet; depth, 27 feet; and capacity about thirty-two hundred tons. The steam frigate "Idaho", built by Mr. Steers for the United States Government, is three hundred feet long, forty-four feet wide, and twenty-four feet deep, and of a most beautiful model. He is now building, for the Pacific Mail Company, a steamship, the consort of the one before referred to as being constructed by Mr. Webb, and as it is wider than that, is believed to be the largest wooden steamship that has ever been constructed. Her extreme length between perpendiculars at load line is three hundred and sixty feet; breadth moulded, forty-eight and a half feet; breadth extreme, fifty feet; and depth of hold to top of spar deck beams, amidships, thirty-one feet six inches. The vessel will have three full decks, and an orlop deck at each end, extending to boiler and engine bulkheads, and a platform in lower hold to receive cargo and coal. The bulwarks will be of white pine, and amidships the frame timbers will run up to the rail where the bulwarks will be of yellow pine, both inside and out, thus making them solid. She will be divided into four water-tight compartments, and strongly braced with iron bars, running diagonally throughout the entire length of the vessel. Her capacity will be forty-seven hundred tons burden, and the cost, when ready for sea, over a million of dollars. Mr. Steers has constructed in all sixteen vessels, the most of them large, and some of them remarkable for the beauty and symmetry of their models. It is undoubtedly a proof of substantial merit and a fine genius that one so young should receive contracts requiring for their fulfilment the greatest skill and responsibility, and if his future shall realize the promise of the past, a more extended biography of Henry Steers will yet be written. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 142] |
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