General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Joiner & Sheet Metal Shops, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, sponsor
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Fitch, Virginia A, historian
Location
Quincy (Mass.), 42.24033, -70.97479
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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