In 1843, George Steers went into partnership with William Hathorne, under the name of Hathorne & Steers, at the foot of North First street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They designed and built several boats including the pilot boatMary Taylor, with a radical new design in a schooner. The firm was closed in 1849. George then went into partnership with his brothers.[1][2]
James and George Steers shipyardedit
In 1850, James Rich Steers and George Steers started the firm George & James R. Steers. inheriting from a naval architecture tradition. The father Henry Steers was already a naval architect in England.[3][4] The company was located in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.[5][6][7]
They designed in 1851 the America for John C. Stevens to win the Queen's Cup at the annual regatta of the London Royal Yacht Club. She cost about $23,000.
George Steers died on September 25, 1856. Jack Strickland, supervisor of the construction of the yacht America, was a foreman of the Steers shipyard.[8]
Henry Steers shipyardedit
In 1857, Henry Steers, the son of James Rich Steers and the grandson of Henry Steers, started his shipyard in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York. He designed and built most of the boats of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.[9]
Interior of George Steers' model room, as it appeared at the time of his death in 1856, showing labelled models of ships and yachts designed or built at the yard
^A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: comprising annals of the industry of the United States in machinery, manufactures and useful arts, with a notice of the important inventions, tariffs, and the results of each decennial census, John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young, Publisher E. Young, 1868
^ ab"The America Disaster", The New York Times, October 11, 1872
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January 01, 1970
george, steers, george, steers, 19th, century, shipyard, company, greenpoint, long, island, york, contents, company, history, hathorne, steers, james, george, steers, shipyard, henry, steers, shipyard, list, built, ships, james, george, henry, steers, also, re. George Steers amp Co was a 19th century shipyard company at Greenpoint Long Island New York Contents 1 Company history 1 1 Hathorne amp Steers 1 2 James and George Steers shipyard 1 3 Henry Steers shipyard 2 List of built ships 2 1 by James and George 2 2 by Henry Steers 3 See also 4 ReferencesCompany history editHathorne amp Steers edit In 1843 George Steers went into partnership with William Hathorne under the name of Hathorne amp Steers at the foot of North First street in Williamsburg Brooklyn They designed and built several boats including the pilot boat Mary Taylor with a radical new design in a schooner The firm was closed in 1849 George then went into partnership with his brothers 1 2 James and George Steers shipyard edit In 1850 James Rich Steers and George Steers started the firm George amp James R Steers inheriting from a naval architecture tradition The father Henry Steers was already a naval architect in England 3 4 The company was located in Greenpoint Long Island New York 5 6 7 They designed in 1851 the America for John C Stevens to win the Queen s Cup at the annual regatta of the London Royal Yacht Club She cost about 23 000 George Steers died on September 25 1856 Jack Strickland supervisor of the construction of the yacht America was a foreman of the Steers shipyard 8 Henry Steers shipyard edit In 1857 Henry Steers the son of James Rich Steers and the grandson of Henry Steers started his shipyard in Greenpoint Long Island New York He designed and built most of the boats of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company 9 nbsp Interior of George Steers model room as it appeared at the time of his death in 1856 showing labelled models of ships and yachts designed or built at the yardList of built ships editby James and George edit 1849 SS Pacific 1855 SS Niagara 1856 SS Adriatic for Collins Line April 7 1856 10 S S Adriatic by Henry Steers edit 1857 Charles H Marshall 1859 Hu Quang Che Kiang and Foh Kein 1865 SS Arizona January 19 1865 1867 SS Great Republic for Pacific Mail Steamship Company 1869 SS America 6 1877 Massachusetts for the New York and Providence Line 11 See also editList of sailboat designers and manufacturersReferences edit Neblett Thomas R 2009 Civil War Yacht Mustang Oklahoma Tate Publishing amp Enterprises pp 36 45 Coffin Roland Folger 1885 The America s Cup Michigan C Scribner s sons p 6 Obituary record April 19 1896 The New York Times Harper s magazine Volume 65 Harper s Magazine Co 1882 A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860 comprising annals of the industry of the United States in machinery manufactures and useful arts with a notice of the important inventions tariffs and the results of each decennial census John Leander Bishop Edwin Troxell Freedley Edward Young Publisher E Young 1868 a b The America Disaster The New York Times October 11 1872 History of New York ship yards John Harrison Morrison Press of W F Sametz amp Co 1909 DEATH LIST OF A DAY NY Times August 3 1898 A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860 by John Leander Bishop The shiplist GGGrandPa s Scrapbook Archived from the original on 2007 08 15 Retrieved 2010 06 05 History of New York ship yards Morrison John H New York Press of W F Sametz amp Co Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Steers and Co amp oldid 1189697679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
