Photos of the West Yard

THE MUD-FLATS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF WEST AREA, LOOKING FROM CUSHING'S POINT, APRIL 12, 1941

VIEW FROM BREAKWATER LOOKING AT CUSHING'S POINT, JUNE 17, 1941

BEGINNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WAY 1, WEST AREA, JULY 12, 1941

BUILDING THE WAYS, WEST AREA, AUGUST 12, 1941, OLD SARDINE PLANT AT RIGHT

VIEW OF FOUR WAYS AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.  LATER TWO MORE WERE ADDED, WEST AREA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1941

VIEW OF THE WAYS BEFORE THE LAYING OF KEELS, ALSO FRAMING STORAGE BUILDING, WEST AREA, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941

WAYS AND OUTFITTING PIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WEST AREA, OCTOBER 25, 1941

THE WAYS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WEST AREA, DECEMBER 17, 1941

THE COMPLETION OF WAYS NO. 5 AND 6, OUTFITTING PIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
WEST AREA, DECEMBER 31, 1941

FINISHING THE WAYS IN THE WEST AREA
TWO BRITISH SHIPS AT EAST YARD OUTFITTING PIER, JANUARY 13, 1942

CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO OUTFITTING PIERS, STARTING HULL ON NO. 5 WAY, WEST AREA, APRIL 13, 1942

FIVE VESSELS STARTED ON WAYS, WEST AREA, APRIL 13, 1942

THE "JOHN DAVENPORT, THE FIRST LIBERTY SHIP TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE YARD WEST AREA, MAY 15, 1942

LAUNCHING OF THE THOMAS HOOKER, WEST AREA, JULY 13, 1942

LAUNCHING OF THE "ANNE BRADSTREET," WEST AREA, [DECEMBER 27, 1942]

THE "GEORGE T. ANGELL" ON THE WAYS ONE DAY BEFORE LAUNCHING, JANUARY 7 [1944]

WEST AREA HULL FRAMED BY HUGE DECK ASSEMBLY

VIEW OF THE WEST AREA WAYS