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General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Joiner & Sheet Metal Shops, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

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Summary

Significance: Constructed in 1916 and enlarged in 1929 and 1939, the Joiner and Sheet Metal Shops is significant as the location of important components of the shipbuilding design and fabrication processes at the Quincy-Fore Shipyard. Extant machine tools and wood models enhance the building's significance.

Survey number: HAER MA-26-A

Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

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forge shops brick buildings water supply waste disposal manufacturing boat and ship industry metallurgical industry quincy mass general dynamics corporation shipyard general dynamics corporation shipyard joiner sheet metal shops sheet metal shops howard east howard street quincy norfolk norfolk county massachusetts robert brewster virginia a fitch historic american engineering record massachusetts water resource authority photo ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing plants workers industrial history library of congress
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, sponsor
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Fitch, Virginia A, historian
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Location

Quincy (Mass.) ,  42.24033, -70.97479
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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forge shops brick buildings water supply waste disposal manufacturing boat and ship industry metallurgical industry quincy mass general dynamics corporation shipyard general dynamics corporation shipyard joiner sheet metal shops sheet metal shops howard east howard street quincy norfolk norfolk county massachusetts robert brewster virginia a fitch historic american engineering record massachusetts water resource authority photo ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing plants workers industrial history library of congress