14 .1.1 Shh, '.'; :;.Vv:i ' EVElNG iigiEPILDHJA, ., SATURDAY JTJLY ;7, 1917..' K, WORLD'S GREATEST SHIPYARD '- IN :' THE MAKING NEAR BRISTOL, ON THE DELAWARE o ! OLD HOMESTEAD SHELTERS CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS , '"''!, ' ' 11' EH ' ' ' '' Jl v V ' '- J$m&imm The Oliver Landreth mansion, on the. river side of Bristol turnplko near the center of ' , -'! '" '' H '"11 - -""' j '"' ,'N'.' elalaiSlHE " the tract acquired for the big yard, has been converted into a hastily improvised office. ', ,,, -.. v .; .. ,- ,.;;.' . . BMlt " ." l '' 'vl ' 5lMSf(ll - ' f 1mWHHIh1BKmWB . STEAMBOAT CAPE MAY PRESSED INTO SERVICE AS WORKMEN'S SLEEPING QUARTERS ' 3 $ Hw2HHHBH9H'KBr7vlS!Slyrafl99 craft, which formerly plied between Philadelphia and Cape May,' ha 9 been tied up below the construction office. In the foreground is one of the permanent . NEW' RAILROAD SIDING TO.TAP THE HEART OP THE YARD i shown excavating for the spur from the New York divisio eylvania Railroad. The present siding is being regraded Workmen are shown excavating for the spur from the New York division of the Penn- 'GREAT PILES BEING DRIVEN AT PLACES WHERE NEW WHARVES WILL ARISE There is a twenty-two-fdot cMannel.aff the docks of the Standard Cast-Iron Pipe and Foundry Company and a similar depth at Bristol and on down the. river until a greater depth is reached. " I L I Ereewi jf - ll ' t? rvilvVwi a 'Vi a ', r f ' llln K ' " ' - ffjM JliiWiiiiiilHiM.s.-..!l..jMni IW.JliMJUWt -- - - " - - X. ' ' X i l o .X, . ' - 'cl.'. I?1-. K , , svkfR.r' iiiiiiiiiiH.'imA. . . "w t j . cA.ii. ;xt i ' t " i i. i pmiiiiii-m miy.i-i t - 1B?7& . k;" s ' vV."'".....':i Acr. 'jl '.z.uitBBtol.. L .u. 'SHB 1? t"THW'bP'B - i tmsMimtWtt i , ',- fi v .a.xfVKnH i ; -w i ' ' ,i . ; nnra i. s i s s f T '" ' - -w i' . ' n .. is Hk. . T i ! umi ar i. mum&. ajaivrfi -. .. , r .-,x .. iiiiiiHriMft.fiBii jiN ? " -r? at maHHr ' - l . S' il ir.a . ir-t-wvj -m - i n t Tin niiMii na. - . i.w iiSfc,r:iMitAk:v '. ;lMLkmEM mwmmvmiwmmstmmm-mmiMMmmiiw mmbmm&'im J 5 VijN 'a!r,'',iMH i -ft j! rf .. --?' iy j. .'IS.. . , .fsf - ' . i U i ? fem4;. .,.... .XiSZtt-.-Z ? . ! r:. , t. 3 'v Tvii-:.vw 1 UCifil s llf?l f'-r? - ' ' ... t MV- '? .V ? ' r ' t a. NUCLUUS FOR SHIPBUILDING PLANT ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE Buildings of the standard 3ast4ron Pip and Foundry Company were taken over upon payment 'tof'a yoajudcnUoB of 11,200,000. FaciliiW offtred by tlwplaat wUl-hMta' tU work of 'coattructlp. . VIEW OF THE '"S.-.' -:' INNER. PLANT OF THE STANDARD CAST-IRON ipp auh itt, ,,.. The facilities include two large, foundries and machine shops. TJw property was tUL lif x "fAN , , wcvaVRobertWatiiwill, of imUr, hf CartiW, Hamlltwrnawn JkntJg StuS aaIf(Wt-,!!?i,, fww ' fnw.iui.'; ,'k , ifinw ninwritw. ... .j, , .., .,M, h S&d .V4 rrf
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