These documents describe the Battle of Galveston which occurred on January 1, 1863 during the American Civil War. The battle was a victory for the confederate forces and left them with several Union warships. The last of these documents also...
View of present Clock Alley with all additions from inside of Yard. Second floor at right used by Timekeepers and Time Checkers. New Clock Alley at left adjacent to Personnel Building in service. Sidewalks and restoring of grade in foreground.
U. S. Maritime Commission Office Building in new location adjacent to General Office Building. U. S. Maritime Commission occupies entire second floor of building. Lower floor is occupied by American Bureau of Shipping, B. M. I. N., Draft Department...
General aerial view looking due East. New shipways 7, 8, and 9, at right center from left to right. Hull number 7 now being constructed on way number 7. Original facilities shipways 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, from left to right in center of picture....
General aerial view of shipyard looking due southwest from point above northeast corner of Outfitting Pier. Building in immediate foreground is Group Shops Building, and adjacent thereto is the Receiving Building. The small buildings grouped to the...
General aerial view of shipyard looking due east from point above Houston Shipbuilding Corporation's property. Shipways one through six and seven through nine from left to right in center of picture. New Plate and Angle Shop between shipways number...
Aerial view looking west from point above Mainland adjacent to Houston Ship Channel. Outfitting Pier and Slip along foreground and along Houston Ship Channel which traverses the picture from upper left to right center. Main Shops Building and Mold...
View looking northeast from Observation Platform near center of yard. Ship work on welding slabs in center and foreground. Receiving Building and Issue Building in left background. Ship Channel and bulkhead wall of Outfitting Pier in center...
Looking to North from top of Gantry Crane on crane runway number 7. Ship ways numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in center of picture from right to left. Hulls 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 in same direction on these ways. Derrick & Hoist Gantry Crane in...
View of Air Compressor Station looking west from east side. All four units in full operation. Part of structural steel for building in foreground. Natural gas regulator for fuel to compressors at left foreground. Ship in background is on...
View looking northwest from top of gantry crane number 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Shipways 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, with hulls 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 from right to left, in center. Stiff leg derrick and revolving gantry crane along outfitting pier in center...
View looking North from top of Gantry Crane on number 6 craneway at inboard end of shipbuilding ways 5 and 6. Hulls 3, 4, 5, and 6, from left to right, on ways 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively. Clyde Gantry Cranes and Derrick & Hoist Gantry Cranes in...
View looking due North from top of Gantry Crane on runway number 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Hulls 3, 4, 5, and 6 from left to right on shipways 4, 3, 2, and 1 across background of picture. Assembly work in progress on new welding slabs in...
View looking West from top of Gantry Crane on runway number 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Hulls number 1, 2, and 3 on shipways 6, 5, and 4 from left to right. Electric substation number 7 at right foreground. Maritime Office Building and new Plate...
View looking North from top of Gantry Crane on Craneway number 6 between shipways number 5 and number 6. Hulls 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 shown from left to right, on ways 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively. The equipment in left foreground are Constant...
