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DeLamater Iron Works

Ironworks, Manhattan, New York.

Side
Union
Kind
Ironworks
Where
Manhattan, New York
Years
1861-1865
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DELAMATER IRON WORKS

Works on the North River that built Monitor's engines, boilers and propeller and much of the machinery for the Passaic-class monitors. At the outbreak of war it was reputed the largest marine steam-engine works in the country, with up to 1,200 workers.

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Then

The works, fronting the North River at Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, built Monitor's engines, boilers and propeller and much of the machinery for the Passaic-class monitors. At the outbreak of war it was reputed the largest marine steam-engine works in the country, with up to 1,200 workers.

Cornelius DeLamater died in 1889, and his son sold the business the following year.

Now

The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 1.9 miles from the center of Manhattan.

Nearby

Sources

  1. Cornelius H. DeLamater (Wikipedia)
  2. Monitor Builders: A Historical Study of the Principal Firms and Individuals Involved in the Construction of USS Monitor (National Park Service)