All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Monday, October 30, 2017
Charles William MacCord, Engineer on USS Monitor Construction
From the October 27, 2017, The Stute (Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey).
Robert Thurston was the first professor of Engineering at the school. And Charles William MacCord was another early one. He was one of the engineers on the USS Monitor, a ship that had a huge impact on naval architecture.
--Old B-Runner
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