Henry Steers (September 14, 1832 in New York City – September 29, 1903 in Westport, Massachusetts )[ 1] [ 2] James Rich Steers , nephew of George Steers , proprietor of Henry Steers' Ship Yard (George & James R. Steers ).
Education
He was educated in New-York with admission into a free Academy. At the age of 16, he worked in the ship yard of his father and uncle, at George & James R. Steers. He served as a regular apprenticeship and moved from a grindstone boy to a foreman.
Yacht Henrietta , 1861. In 1857, Steers started his shipyard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn , on the East River opposite New York City . The shipyard was between Green and Huron Streets. He designed and built most of the boats of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company .[ 3] yachts and pilot boats .[ 4]
Since the Henry Steers' shipyard was close to the East River, it was used to launch boats like the 84-ton, side-wheel steamer Seth Grosvenor in September 1859.[ 5]
By 1885, Steers was president of the Dry Dock Bank, which later became the Eleventh Ward Bank of New York.[ 2] [ 6]
Death
Steers died on Sep 23, 1903 (aged 71) in Westport, Massachusetts when he drowned while fishing. He is buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery .[ 2]
List of built ships
1860: Charles H. Marshall,
1859: Hu Quang , Che Kiang and Foh Kein (which was at the time the fastest boat in China waters)[ 4]
1861: Henrietta [ 7]
1861: Hope, [ 8]
1862: Charles H. Marshall, No. 3 built by Henry Steers[ 9]
1865: SS Arizona January 19, 1865 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company[ 10]
1865: Nicaragua built by Steers for the Central American Transit Company[ 11]
1866: Idaho steam sloop for the U. S. Government[ 4]
1866: Francis Perkins (pilot boat) for the N. Y. Pilots[ 12]
1867: SS Great Republic
1867: Gussie modelled by Steers, a 25-ton 50 foot yacht[ 13]
1869: SS America for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company[ 14]
1877: Massachusetts built for the New York and Providence Line[ 15] In March 1873, Henry Steers rebuilt the schooner-yacht Idler [ 16]
See also
References
^ "The National Cyclopaedia of American biography" . 25 : 55.^ a b c "HENRY STEERS DROWNED; Well-Known New York Man Loses His Life While Fishing" (PDF) . New York Times . September 30, 1903.^ A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860 ^ a b c Bishop, John Leander (1868). A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860 ^ "New York News" . Janesville Daily Gazette . Janesville, Wisconsin. 1859-09-15. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "Michael J. Dady's Successor" . The Brooklyn Union . Brooklyn, New York. 1885-04-23. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "Yacht Building on Long Island" . Brooklyn Evening Start . Brooklyn, New York. 1861-03-11. Retrieved 2020-08-16 .^ "Yachting Intelligence. Launch of the Yacht Hope" . New York Daily Herald . New York, New York. 1861-03-14. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "the Pilot Yachts" . Brooklyn Evening Star . Brooklyn, New York. 1862-09-13. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "Launch of the Steamship Arizona" . Times Union . Brooklyn, New York. 1865-01-20. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "Launch of the Nicaragu" . The Brooklyn Union . Brooklyn, New York. 1865-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "Miscellaneous" The New York Times . New York, New York. 7 Oct 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 2 Jan 2021 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Henry Steers New Yacht" . The Brooklyn Union . Brooklyn, New York. 1867-07-02. Retrieved 2020-08-17 .^ "The America Disaster", The New York Times , October 11, 1872
^ History of New York ship yards ^ "Yachting Notes" . New York Daily Herald . New York, New York. 5 Mar 1873. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-19 .
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