United Engineering Company Shipyard, Pier 4, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

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United Engineering Company Shipyard, Pier 4, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

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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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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
De Vries, David G, photographer
Stock, Jody, historian
Corbett, Michael R, historian
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Library of Congress
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