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General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
Summary
Significance: The McMyler Hammerhead Crane of 1916; 1929 is among the oldest and is the largest of the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard's outfitting cranes. It is significant as an excellent example of an extensively used type of shipbuilding crane. Its installation reflects a period of yard improvements following World War I, and it continued to be used for over 50 years.
Survey number: HAER MA-26-G
Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
General Dynamics Corporation
McMylar Interstate Company
Industrial Brownhoist Corporation
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Fore River Ship & Engine Company
General Electric Company
Electric Controller & Manufacturing Company
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
