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Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Company (renamed Charleston Drydock and Shipbuilding Co. in the late-1930s) [1] was a shipyard located in Charleston, South Carolina, on the Cooper River. The shipyard is significant for its contribution to marine engineering, including the first entirely-welded commercial ship built in the United States.
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The first auxiliary repair dock was the USS ARD-1, built by the Pacific Bridge Company and completed in September 1934. ARD-1 was 393 feet and 6 inches (119.94 m) long, and could lift 2200 tons. ARD-1 was so successful that 30 ARDs were built, most completed between 1942 and 1944.
the steep and slick surface (especially when wet by rain or dew) of the gangway between the stationary dock to the floating dock Melrose Landing unsafe and inadequate access onto and from the ...
The City of Charleston's Grounds Maintenance Division takes care of public green spaces. [2] The Charleston Parks Conservancy is a non-profit working to renovate and improve the city's parks. The Charleston Horticultural Society is active in promoting the quality of the city's gardens.
The tentative plan will be for Beaufort County to own the dock, Melrose Landing Road and the roundabout. Then, one side of the dock would be used for ferry operations and the other would be used ...
Bill Werkheiser, president of the Melrose Cottage Association, which is made up of about 40 of the 100 homes in the Melrose Resort, said the announcement of the sale of Melrose saw property values ...
Charleston Reborn: A Southern City, Its Navy Yard, and World War II. The History Press. ISBN 1-59629-020-X. Hamer, Fritz (1997). "Giving a Sense of Achievement: Changing Gender and Racial Roles in Wartime Charleston: 1942–1945". Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association: 61–70.