Philadelphia Navy Yard (Southwark)
Naval works, Philadelphia (Southwark), Pennsylvania.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Philadelphia (Southwark), Pennsylvania
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD
Shipbuilding center at Front and Federal Streets in Southwark from 1812 to 1865. The wartime turn to steam and ironclads strained its cramped site. In 1862 Philadelphia offered League Island to the government for one dollar, and the Southwark yard closed in 1876.
Then
The original yard at Front and Federal Streets in Southwark was a large shipbuilding center from 1812 to 1865. The wartime turn to steam and ironclads strained its cramped site, which lacked room for the machine shops modern warships needed.
In 1862 Philadelphia offered League Island to the government for one dollar. The sale went through six years later, the Navy ran both yards for eight years, and the Southwark yard closed in 1876.
Now
Built over
The Southwark site lies in the Pennsport section of Philadelphia. The successor yard on League Island is The Navy Yard, a mixed-use campus.
Lines owned by smaller railroads run through Philadelphia (Southwark) today.
Nearby
- 2 miRichardson and Overman (Gallager carbine)Union · Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 2 miMerrick & Sons, Southwark Iron FoundryUnion · Ironworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 2 miBaldwin Locomotive WorksUnion · Rail shops, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 2 miSchuylkill ArsenalUnion · Depot, Philadelphia (Gray's Ferry), Pennsylvania
- 7 miFrankford ArsenalUnion · Arsenal, Philadelphia (Bridesburg), Pennsylvania
- 24 miPhoenix Iron WorksUnion · Ironworks, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania