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Crandall History 1854 – 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Remains of first Crandall railway built in 1854 in Boston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Photo of first Crandall railway dry dock functioning circa 1880 in St. Pierre. This dry dock was operational into the 1950’s.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1,000-ton railway dry dock built in 1920 for Lunenburg Marine Railway Company, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (still operational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2,000-ton railway dry dock built in 1890 for the Boston Dry Dock Company, Boston, MA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1,500-ton side haul railway dry dock built in 1910 for the Mississippi River Commission, Memphis, Tennessee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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800-ton capacity railway dry dock with transfer capabilities, Sandy Beach, Gaspe, Quebec, 1977<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1,000-ton railway dry dock built in 1929 for the Lake Champlain Transportation Company, Shelburne Harbor, Vermont (still operational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2,800-ton railway dry dock built in 1918 for the United States Shipping Board, Cumberland Shipbuilding Company, Portland, ME<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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J-Boat “Shamrock” on dock in Groton, CT Circa 1934<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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5,000-ton railway dry dock built in 1920 for Colonna Marine Railway Corporation, Norfolk, VA (still operational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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8,000-ton floating dry dock built in 1918 at Beaumont, TX for Jahncke Dry Dock & Ship Repair Company, New Orleans, LA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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8,000-ton floating dry dock built in 1918 at
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Basin dry dock built in ledge rock, Verreault Navigation, Inc., Les Mechins, Quebec, 1975<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Big ship on dry dock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Bruce Dry Dock Company, Pensacola, FL, circa 1910<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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First Crandall railway dry dock built in 1854
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