General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
Summary
Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction and later as an important element of the cost-saving, steel-reclamation system. Its engineering is an example of a versatile crane type suitable for a wide range of industrial uses.
Survey number: HAER MA-26-E
Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1939-1943 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1958 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1969 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1969 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Boston Bridge Works, Incorporated
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Bethlehem Steel Company
Fore River Ship & Engine 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