Atlantic Iron Works
East Boston MA
Most recent update: : June 25, 2021.
The Atlantic Works, also known as Atlantic Iron Works, was one of the earliest iron shipbuilders, founded in 1853. It grew over the years through acquisition of neighboring facilities, until acquired by Bethlehem Steel, who closed it in 1950. The yard was at the south end of Border Street, from about Maverick Street north to where the Boston East apartment complex is today.
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O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
Pembroke | Coffin & Co | steamer | 241 | 1860 | ||||
South Carolina | passenger freighter | 1,165 | 1860 | |||||
R. B. Forbes | barge | 1861 | ||||||
R. B. Forbes | barge | 1861 | ||||||
R. B. Forbes | barge | 1861 | ||||||
R. B. Forbes | steamer | 70 | 1861 | |||||
Niphon | R. B. Forbes | steamer | 475 | |||||
Sagamore | US Navy | gunboat | 507 | 159 | 1861 | sold to Japanese interests 1867 | ||
Nantucket | US Navy | monitor | 1,875 | 200 | 1863 | scrapped 1900 | ||
Casco | US Navy | monitor | 614 | 209 | 1864 | later Hero, scrapped 1875 | ||
80012 | William Lawrence | Baltimore Line | steamer | 1,049 | 208 | 1869 | ||
Novelty | steamer | 358 | 1869 | |||||
Cygnet | 94 | 1869 | ||||||
Astoria | 178 | 1870 | ||||||
Clyde | 73 | 1870 | ||||||
Isis | 73 | 1870 | ||||||
Vista | 219 | 1870 | ||||||
Wave | 73 | 1870 | ||||||
80330 | William M. Flanders | steamer | 58 | 75 | 1872 | |||
Dexter | USCG | gunboat | 326 | 1874 | sold 1908 | |||
Richard Rush | USCG | gunboat | 326 | 1874 | scrapped 1913 | |||
Shearwater | 109 | 1887 | ||||||
Unquowa | yacht | 159 | 1888 | |||||
Juthniel | 140 | 1889 | ||||||
145568 | Triton | Luckenback Towing | tugboat | 259 | 114 | 1890 | ||
Wild Duck | 233 | 1891 | ||||||
Formosa | yacht | 238 | 1894 | |||||
Manning | USCG | revenue cutter | 1,150 | 1898 | sold 1930 | |||
3835 | Buccaneer | tugboat | 226 | 114 | 1900 | |||
145841 | Tormenter | tugboat | 226 | 114 | 1900 | scrapped 1885 | ||
204283 | Boston Floating Hospital | Boston Floating Hospital | hospital ship | 672 | 1906 | scrapped 1952 | ||
Betty Alden | Nantasket Beach SB Co. | passenger | 775 | 1908 | burned 1929 | |||
210653 | Narragansett | 164 | 1912 | |||||
226810 | Merrimac | 386 | 1927 |