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"3373--Administration Bldg., Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Shipyard building faced Farragut Avenue at Monroe Street, opposite the Commissary building -
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[Ship Wathena, Hull #2 built at Merchant Shipyard]
Keel laid February 19, 1918. Sponsor Mrs. W. T. Smith. -
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[Ship Watonwan, Hull #3 built at Merchant Shipyard]
Christened by Mrs. A. W. Harriman, 1918. -
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“3380--Scene at a launching Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Hull #3 Watonwan in dry dock ready to be christened. -
[Five men at the Harriman Shipyard during World War I]
None identified. -
[Men at the Harriman Shipyard during World War I]
The man on the right is thought to be Lamont March. Others are unidentified. -
[Two merchant ships at the fitting-out wharf, Harriman Shipyard]
The pair were 1,135 feet long. Ships were approximately 418 feet in length. -
[Electric cranes on the twelve shipways of the Harriman Shipyard during WWI]
Buildings on the left are support buildings at the shipyard. The smokestacks at left are for the powerhouse. -
[Ship along the fitting-out pier at the Harriman Shipyard during WWI]
Two smokestacks of the power plant are visible, as are five electric cranes. -
[One of the twelve shipways at the Merchant Shipyard in Harriman during WWI]
The shipyard closed as the war concluded. -
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[One of the “12 Great Ways” at Harriman’s Merchant Shipyard]
Photograph taken when the first ship “Watonwan” was launched. Ship sponsored by Mrs. W.A. Harriman. -
"Merchants Ship Building Corporation Shipyards, Harriman, PA., showing the twelve ship ways"
80 acres was needed for the construction of merchant ships during World War I, an adjacent community called Harriman surrounded the shipyard. The site became home to aircraft factories after World War I. -
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1414 North Radcliffe Street - The Dial Corporation, Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyard
Owned by Purex Corporation/Annuity Board of Southern Baptist Convention at time of survey.