Records : of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, ca. 1886-1961.

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Records : of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, ca. 1886-1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30694323

Included in this collection are over 2,000 black-and-white photographs of the shipyard, ships that were manufactured over the years (interior and exterior), ship launchings from Newport News (1926-1946), shipyard employees, and Collis Potter Huntington and his family. Also, includes correspondence between Huntington and other business associates, and material related to hull design tests created by the hydraulic laboratory of the company.

26 cubic ft.

The Mariners' Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7288667

The Mariners' Museum Library

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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

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The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was founded in 1886 by Collis Potter Huntington in Newport News, Va. From the description of Records : of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, ca. 1886-1961. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30694323 ...

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900

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Collis P. Huntington was President of the Southern Pacific Railroad at the time this letter was written (1892). He tells his Fresno District Superintendent, James L. Frazier, that he is glad the latter's family is comfortably situated in the Pollaskey house, Fresno. From the description of Huntington correspondence, 1892. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 36847465 Financier and railroad executive. From the description of Papers of Collis Potter Hun...

Huntington family

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