Matton Shipyard | |
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| Location | Delaware Ave., Cohoes, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°46′46″N 73°40′50″W / 42.77944°N 73.68056°W |
| Area | 4.13 acres (1.67 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000553[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 2009 |
Matton Shipyard is a historic shipyard and canal boat service yard located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It consists of eight extant buildings, various surviving features, and archaeological remains dating to the period 1916 to 1983 when the site functioned as a shipyard, repair facility, and towboat operation on the New York State Barge Canal and Champlain Canal. Extant buildings include the office / stores (c. 1916-1917), watchman's building (c. 1936-1943), sheet metal shop (c. 1937-1938), carpenter shop (c. 1916 and 1936-1943), stores building (c. 1941-1943), pipeshop (c. 1936-1943), pitch building (pre-1936), garage (c. 1916), and electric building. Also on the property are a flagpole (c. 1916), dock, steel launching ramps, fence, and camels. Numerous ruins also occupy the property.[2] The motor ship Day Peckinpaugh is berthed here.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 8/16/10 THROUGH 8/20/10. National Park Service. 2010-08-27.
- ^ Travis Bowman (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Matton Shipyard". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-13. See also: "Accompanying six photos".