This building , used as a laboratory at the Repauno dynamite plant, Gibbstown, New Jersey was forerunner of DuPont Company's first formal research unit, the Eastern Laboratory, established in 1902 at Gibbstown. Lammot du Pont, father of the three...
Text from image: "General Hancock" built for U.S.Q M. [United States Quartermaster's] Dept. for Gov. Island in 1897. Length 102'-0" Beam 28'-0" Depth 10'-0" Eng. #885 - 20" & 40" x 28"."
Text from image: "Steamer "Algibe" #1 under construction." Built in 1897 for Cuba. Length 75'-0". Beam 18'-0". Depth 8'-6". Steel sheathed - Eng. 884 - 10" x 12". Smith Shop and large derrick in background of image.