United Engineering Company Shipyard, Pier 4, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA
Summary
Significance: Pier 4 is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engineering Company Shipyard, established in 1941 to build and repair ships for the U.S. Navy, is the last surviving of several World War II shipyards in Alameda. United Engineering built 21 tugboats and repaired hundreds of ships during the war. The facility was one of the largest employers in Alameda and played an important economic and social role in the city. Pier 4 represents the ship repair aspect of work at the shipyard.
Survey number: HAER CA-295-Q
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
De Vries, David G, photographer
Stock, Jody, historian
Corbett, Michael R, historian
Location
Alameda
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34.01184, -118.23947
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html