Inscription: "New
York Ship Building Plant, Camden, N.J." The
original covered ways shown here were completed in 1901.
This example was postmared 1906. The message says
"Here is where I made my tug boat - Herbert"
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This photographic
view from east of Broadway served as the basis for the
two cards at right. The image is from before 1912 (per
the absence of the new shipway). though the white border
card style suggests 1916 or later for the card iteslf.
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Inscription:
"New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N.J." Broadway
crosses the image from lower right to upper left. The
rail spurs passing under the bridge turn south and join
the main line paralleling Broadway.
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Inscription: "New
York Shipbuilding Plant, Camden, N.J." A
hand-colored rendering from a pre-1912 photo, complete
with lighted windows and a ghostly moon over the Delaware
River.
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Inscription: "View
of New York Shipbuilding Co. Plant from River, Showing
Ship Sheds, Camden, N.J." It appears in this
image that the erection of the 1912 addition has begun.
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Inscription: "New
York Ship Building Co., Camden, N.J." With the
general muddiness of the image, it's hard to tell if the
open steel framework is the 1912 or 1917 additions, or
the original construction. View is from the southeast.
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Inscription: "New
York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, N.J." The
ship in the covered wet slip has cage masts, after the
fashion of BB-21 Kansas and BB-27 Michigan.
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Inscription: "Launching at New York Shipbuilding
Corp. Plant" The ship is not identifiable, but,
the bow curve suggests an early American dreadnought such
as BB-31 Utah, launched in 1908. |
Inscription:
"New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden N.J." The
outfitting pier is in the foreground. The 1912 and 1917
shipways are in evidence (open framework). The
four-stackers in the outfitting basin are Wickes-Tattnall
"flush-deck" destroyers.
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Inscription:
"New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J." This
unusual view from the southeast has Newton Creek in the
foreground. The 1912 and 1917 additions are shown.
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Inscription: "Bird's
Eye View of New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden,
N.J." Copyright 1921, this view shows all the
elements of the World War I expansion, as well as
Yorkship Village rising from the former Cooper farm at
top center.
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There are
two versions of this card, one of which has no white
border and a superimposed caption "Camden, New
Jersey - New York Shipbuilding Corporation" at
upper left. The Kitty Hawk is nearing completion
at lower left, suggesting a date of 1960.
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