Smith and Dimon Shipyard
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Smith and Dimon Shipyard or just Smith & Dimon was a renowned shipyard on the east side of Manhattan during the 1840s.
Smith & Dimon Shipyard, 1833 by James Pringle
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John W. Griffiths
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John Willis Griffiths was an American naval architect who was influential in his design of clipper ships and his books on ship design and construction. He also designed steamships and war vessels and
Smith and Dimon Shipyard
…Dimon was in charge of the more profitable ship repair business and described the partnership saying, "Smith builds the ships, I make the money." John W. Griffiths was a famed naval architect who designed revolutionary, fast clipper ships for Smith & Dimon. The shipyard became famous for its work in the 1840s under…
John W. Griffiths
Oil portrait of Griffiths
John Willis Griffiths Treatise
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