Lawrence & Foulks
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Lawrence & Foulks was a 19th-century American shipbuilding company based in New York. Established in the early 1850s, the company built 144 vessels of all types over the course of some fifty years, bu
SS De Soto, built by Lawrence & Foulks in 1859. She served as USS De Soto during the Civil War.
A beam-propeller engine. Lawrence & Foulks built a number of ships powered by such engines during the Civil War.
Chauncey Vibbard, built in 1864, was the fastest steamboat on the Hudson
The "remarkably handsome" ferry Sylvan Dell, built by Lawrence & Foulks in 1872
Allaire Iron Works
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The Allaire Iron Works was a leading 19th-century American marine engineering company based in New York City. Founded in 1816 by engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire, the Allaire Works was one
Lawrence & Foulks
…for its steamship engines. Companies which would build marine engines for Lawrence & Foulks prior to the Civil War included leading firms such as the Allaire Iron Works, Morgan Iron Works, Henry Esler & Co. and the Novelty Iron Works. After the war, when many of New York's marine engine manufacturers went out of business…
The Steam packet Chancellor Livingston entering the harbour of Newport
Artist's impression of Savannah
A side-lever engine built by the Allaire Iron Works in 1849 for the transatlantic steamer Pacific
Transport magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt gained control of the Allaire Works in 1850