- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Chickasaw Shipbuilding
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1921
- Subject:
- Ships
Boats
Boats--1920-1930
Clothing & dress--1920-1930
Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company (Chickasaw, Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Mobile County, Chickasaw, 30.7638, -88.07472
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a group-launching party for the launching of S/S "Atlanta City" at the Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Company.
Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Company; S/S "Atlanta City"; Land Department TCI & RR Co.; shipbuilding; Atlanta ships
The Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company was founded on August 17, 1917 in Chickasaw, Alabama to produce ships. Steel was provided from the Fairfield, Alabama site of Tennessee Coal and Iron. Three companies made up the infrastructure: Chickasaw Utilities Company, the Chickasaw Land Company, and Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4293.001
ahc1704293001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1551
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 7 x 9 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
