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Daniel D. Badger (15 October 1806–1884 [3]) was an American founder, working in New York City under the name Architectural Iron Works. With James Bogardus , he was one of the major forces in creating a cast-iron architecture in the United States. [ 4 ]
Thomas Fitch Rowland (March 15, 1831 – December 13, 1907) was an American engineer and shipbuilder. In 1861, he founded the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which built ironclad warships for the United States Navy during the American Civil War, most notably USS Monitor, which successfully neutralized the threat from the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia in the Battle of ...
The Atlantic Basin Iron Works was a ship repair and conversion facility that operated in Brooklyn, New York, from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. It converted numerous ships to military use in World War II. Founded before 1910, [1] the yard had its headquarters at 18–20 Summit Street. [2]
The Continental Iron Works was an American shipbuilding and engineering company founded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 1861 by Thomas F. Rowland. It is best known for building a number of monitor warships for the United States Navy during the American Civil War , most notably the first of the type, USS Monitor .
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Novelty Iron Works at foot of 12th Street on the East River of Manhattan (1841-44) Iron clad steam-ship Roanoke The first turretted frigate in the US in 1863, sitting here to the right of the Novelty Works. The Novelty Iron Works was an ironworking firm founded to make boilers in New York City, located on East 12th street in Manhattan. [1] The ...
The Burden Iron Works was an iron works and industrial complex on the Hudson River and Wynantskill Creek in Troy, New York. It once housed the Burden Water Wheel , the most powerful vertical water wheel in history.
Cornelius Henry DeLamater (August 30, 1821 – February 2, 1889) was an industrialist who owned DeLamater Iron Works in New York City.The steam boilers and machinery for the ironclad USS Monitor were built in DeLamater's Iron Works foundry during the American Civil War (1861-1865). [1]