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Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Blacksmith Shop-Boiler Shop, 1201-1321 Hudson Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

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Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Blacksmith Shop-Boiler Shop, 1201-1321 Hudson Street, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

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Significance: The Boiler Shop/Blacksmith Shop is sited to the east of the Machine Shop within the Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard complex. This structure was built by the W. & A. Fletcher Company during the initial development of the yard in 1890 to house the facility's boiler and blacksmith shops. The Machine Shop and the Boiler Shop/Blacksmith Shop building served as the central core of the yard during the Fletcher term of occupation. During the Bethlehem Steel Company tenure this building housed the copper, pipe, and turbine shops.
Survey number: HAER NJ-95-B
Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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