Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Posted by Keith Heinrich on Mar 13, 2017 in | Comments Off on Philadelphia Naval Shipyard The Philadelphia Navy Yard was established in 1801 on Federal Street in the Southwark District of Philadelphia, an area along the Delaware River roughly 2 miles southeast of City Hall (part of this area was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Southwark Historic District in 1972). In 1868 the Navy Yard, later renamed the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was moved to League...read more