Sunday, May 8, 2022

CSS Mississippi: Leeds and Patterson Ironworks Bidding

From the February 23, 2021, Weapons and Warfare blog.

Patterson Ironworks agreed to furnish the engines and boilers after talks with Leeds had failed because the company was already  occupied with manufacturing and  the shafting for the CSS Arkansas and the never completed Tennessee at Memphis.

Leeds's asking price  for constructing the engines was  $65,0000 plus a build time of no less than four months.  Patterson, on the other hand,  offered to construct them for$45,000 plus a bonus if the work was completed  in 90 days.  They received the contract.

But, after necessary changes took place, the Patterson Ironworks  added $20,000 in price for building the engines and $8,000 for boilers.

--Old B-Runner


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