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Bird's-Eye View of Cramp's Ship-Yards, Delaware River
- Neighborhood
- Fishtown/Kensington
- Related Story
- Cramp Shipyard — “A Community Organization and a Community Institution”
- Street Address
- Richmond St. and Norris St.
- Date Created
- circa 1899
- Description
- Caption: "Bird's-eye view of Cramp's Ship-yards, Delaware River, Philadelphia. Plant covers thirty-two acres: employes three thousand men. Has built following whips of the United States Navy: U.S.S. "Baltimore," "Yorktown," "Vesuvius," "Philadelphia," "Newark," "New York," "Columbia," "Minneapolis," "Indiana," "Massachusetts," "Brookyn," "Iowa," "Alabama." Insert of ships.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Books and Pamphlets Collection (UPA / Ph F 158.5.E54 1899 FOLIO)
- Source (Bibliographic)
- "Philadelphia Pennsylvania, the book of its Bourse and co-operating Bodies." [Philadelphia?] : Lippincott Press, 1899. p. 137
- Tags
- Boats, Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Piers (marine landings), Ships, Shipyards
- Topics
- Landscape & Architecture, Public & Social Life, Work
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