| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1834 |
| Founders | John Van Duzen Mathew Van Duzen Washington Van Duzen Christian Gulager |
| Defunct | ? |
| Headquarters | , United States |
J & W Van Duzen & Company, was a 19th-century, Philadelphia shipbuilding firm. It was formed in 1834 by brothers John, Mathew and Washington Van Duzen and their brother-in-law Captain Christian Gulager. The three sons of an earlier Philadelphia shipbuilder, Mathew Van Duzen who came from New York in 1795. [1]: 3
Washington Van Duzen patented the first marine railway in Philadelphia, in 1834. It was subsequently built by J. & W. Van Dusen & Co., at Kensington, Philadelphia in 1834-35. [1]
Mathew Van Dusen was mentor to Domingo Marcucci who later became an important early shipbuilder in San Francisco. [2]
- ^ a b The New York genealogical and biographical record, "New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Greene, Richard Henry, 1839-1926, ed; Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett, ed; Morrison, George Austin, 1864-1916, ed; Mott, Hopper Striker, 1854-1924, ed; Totten, John Reynolds, 1856-1936, ed; Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot), 1888- ed; Ditmas, Charles Andrew, 1887-1938, ed; De Forest, Louis Effingham, 1891- ed; Mann, Conklin, ed; Maynard, Arthur S., ed
- ^ San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 99, 9 March 1902, p.6 FIRST BOATBUILDER ON THE PACIFIC COAST by J. M. Scanland
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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1834 |
| Founders | John Van Duzen Mathew Van Duzen Washington Van Duzen Christian Gulager |
| Defunct | ? |
| Headquarters | , United States |
J & W Van Duzen & Company, was a 19th-century, Philadelphia shipbuilding firm. It was formed in 1834 by brothers John, Mathew and Washington Van Duzen and their brother-in-law Captain Christian Gulager. The three sons of an earlier Philadelphia shipbuilder, Mathew Van Duzen who came from New York in 1795. [1]: 3
Washington Van Duzen patented the first marine railway in Philadelphia, in 1834. It was subsequently built by J. & W. Van Dusen & Co., at Kensington, Philadelphia in 1834-35. [1]
Mathew Van Dusen was mentor to Domingo Marcucci who later became an important early shipbuilder in San Francisco. [2]
- ^ a b The New York genealogical and biographical record, "New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Greene, Richard Henry, 1839-1926, ed; Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett, ed; Morrison, George Austin, 1864-1916, ed; Mott, Hopper Striker, 1854-1924, ed; Totten, John Reynolds, 1856-1936, ed; Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot), 1888- ed; Ditmas, Charles Andrew, 1887-1938, ed; De Forest, Louis Effingham, 1891- ed; Mann, Conklin, ed; Maynard, Arthur S., ed
- ^ San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 99, 9 March 1902, p.6 FIRST BOATBUILDER ON THE PACIFIC COAST by J. M. Scanland
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