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Every traveler through Quincy is familiar with the aerial network of steel scaffolding criss crossing the sky, with the roofs of shops and offices and glimpses of vessels visible along the water front. But few travelers realize that these are merely the superficial features of a shipyard which under the urge of the Great War delivered to the Navy, in 1918, eighteen completed destroyers, which was as many as all the other yards in the country put together delivered during this time. EVERY TRAVELLER THROUGH QUINCY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE AERIAL NETWORK OF STEEL SCAFFOLDING CRISSCROSSING THE SKY WITH THE ROOFS OF SHOPS AND OFFICES AND GLIMPSES OF VESSELS VISIBLE ALONG THE WATER FRONT BUT FEW TRAVELLERS REALIZE THAT THESE ARE MERELY THE SUPERFICIAL FEATURES OF A SHIP YARD WHICH UNDER THE URGE OF THE GREAT WAR DELIVERED TO THE NAVY IN NINETEEN EIGHTEEN EIGHTEEN COMPLETED DESTROYERS WHICH WAS AS MANY AS ALL THE OTHER YARDS IN THE COUNTRY PUT TOGETHER DELIVERED DURING THIS TIME
he Massachusetts Legislature--forbidding the cutting of any trees suitable for masts. The broad arrow of the King was marked on all white pines, twenty-four inches in diameter, three feet from the ground. Big ships and little ships swarmed into existence, and every South Shore town made shipbuilding history. The ketch, a two-masted vessel carrying from fifteen to twenty tons, carried on most of the coasting traffic, and occasionally ventured on a foreign voyage. When we recall that the best and cheapest ships of the latter half of the seventeenth century were built here in the new country, we realize that shipyards, ports, docks, proper laws and regulations, and the invigorating progress which marks any thriving industry flourished bravely up and down the whole New England coast. It is rather inspiring to stand here on the bridge which spans the Fore River, and picture that first crude dugout being paddled along by the steady stroke of the red man, and then to look at the river to-day.  STILL APPLIED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE FORBIDDING THE CUTTING OF ANY TREES SUITABLE FOR MASTS THE BROAD ARROW OF THE KING WAS MARKED ON ALL WHITE PINES TWENTY FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER THREE FEET FROM THE GROUND BIG SHIPS AND LITTLE SHIPS SWARMED INTO EXISTENCE AND EVERY SOUTH SHORE TOWN MADE SHIP BUILDING HISTORY THE CATCH A TWO MASTED VESSEL CARRYING FROM FIFTEEN TO TWENTY TONS CARRIED ON MOST OF THE COASTING TRAFFIC AND OCCASIONALLY VENTURED ON A FOREIGN VOYAGE WHEN WE RECALL THAT THE BEST AND CHEAPEST SHIPS OF THE LATTER HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WERE BUILT HERE IN THE NEW COUNTRY WE REALIZE THAT SHIPYARDS PORTS DOCKS PROPER LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND THE INVIGORATING PROGRESS WHICH MARKS ANY THRIVING INDUSTRY FLOURISHED BRAVELY UP AND DOWN THE WHOLE NEW ENGLAND COAST IT IS RATHER INSPIRING TO STAND HERE ON THE BRIDGE WHICH SPANS THE FOUR RIVER AND PICTURE THAT FIRST CRUDE DUGOUT BEING PADDLED ALONG BY THE STEADY STROKE OF THE RED MAN AND THEN TO LOOK AT THE RIVER TO DAY
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