⚓ Matton Shipyard

United States · Americas · 42.78°N, 73.68°W

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Matton Shipyard is a historic shipyard and canal boat service yard located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It consists of eight extant buildings, various surviving features, and archaeological remains dating to the period 1916 to 1983 when the site functioned as a shipyard, repair facility, and towboat operation on the New York State Barge Canal and Champlain Canal. Extant buildings include the office / stores, watchman's building, sheet metal shop, carpenter shop, stores building, pipeshop, pitch building (pre-1936), garage, and electric building. Also on the property are a flagpole, dock, steel launching ramps, fence, and camels. Numerous ruins also occupy the property. The motor ship Day Peckinpaugh is berthed here.

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CountryUnited States
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)42.78°N, 73.68°W · view on map

Matton Shipyard is located in United States, in Americas.

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