Navy Yard

Navy Yard is a Tennessee historical marker in Shelby County.

Shelby Co, Memphis, Front St.

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In 1844 the U. S. Government located a military shipyard on the Memphis waterfront between Auction and Market streets. The facility completed outfitting its only product, the USS Allegheny, in 1847. This iron-hulled warship's propulsion system proved inefficient, tainting the Memphis yard with a major failure. The navy closed the shipyard in 1855 and returned the property to the City of Memphis. During World War II, a private firm built small naval craft here.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1835 · Chickasaw Cession, Mississippi (1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · New Map Of Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1841 · Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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