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Continental Works
| Name | Continental Works |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Art des Unternehmens | Schiffswerft |
| Anmerkungen | Thomas F. Rowland, Proprietor |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 132] |
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| 1861 |
Rowland schleißt einen Vertrag mit John Ericsson und Genossen zum Bau einer Iron Floating Battery. |
| 30.01.1862 |
Das Kriegsschiff wird in den Continental Works zu Wasser gelassen |
| 09.03.1862 |
Das Kriegsschiff erreicht Fortress Monroe |
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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, is a comparatively new establishment, that has attained prominence within a few years by the successful execution of important contracts, especially for Iron Steamships and Iron-clad Floating Batteries. Like almost all the Marine Engine Works of New fork, these are situated on the East river, and have slips attached to the yard where vessels may be moored. Among the first important contracts undertaken by the proprietor of these Works, was one with the Croton Water Board, in New York, in which Mr. Rowland agreed to construct a wrought Tube seven and a half feet in diameter, and over a quarter of a mile in length, and place the same on the top of the high bridge over the Harlaem river - one hundred and twenty feet above its level - for the purpose of uniting the Croton Aqueduct and making a continuous water-way of equal transverse section from Croton Falls to the new reservoir at Central Park. This was successfully executed, and four hundred and fifty tons of wrought-iron plate, half an inch thick, and four hundred tons of castings, were consumed in the work. At the outbreak of the Rebellion, Mr. Rowland commenced the manufacture of Gun Carriages and Mortar Beds for the Navy Department, and fitted out most of the steamers purchased from the merchant service which took part in the capture of Port Royal, and all of the vessels composing the "Porter Mortar Fleet." In October, 1861, he contracted with John Ericsson and associates to build an Iron Floating Battery in accordance with Ericsson's plans. This vessel was launched from the Continental Works, January 30th, 1862, and arrived at Fortress Monroe, March 9th, the same year, where she fought the rebel Merrimac, establishing a complete revolution in the art of naval warfare. Mr. Rowland then contracted to build the iron-clad batteries "Passaic", "Montauk", and "Catskill;" and also the turrets for the batteries "Sangamon", "Lehigh", and "Patapsco" - the hulls of the two former vessels having been built at Chester, Pennsylvania, and that of the latter at Wilmington, on the Delaware. Before the completion of these iron-clads, he undertook the construction of the hull and turrets of iron-clad battery "Onondaga", from Mr. Geo. W. Quintard, who had contracted with the government to furnish the vessel complete; and also built the iron-clad battery "Cohoes", known as one of the light-draft Monitor class; and the iron double-ender "Muscoota", designed for picket work, and the navigation of inland waters. The hull of the ocean iron-clad battery "Puritan", was also built here, and after being launched was laid up in ordinary at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the return of peace having rendered her completion unnecessary. The establishment at the present time is engaged in building Iron Steamboats designed for Cuban waters, and also in the manufacture of steam-engines and boilers adapted to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and the various industrial pursuits of the Southern States. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 132] |
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