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Started in 1884 by Thomas A. Watson, who is best known as the person on the other end of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone call, Fore River Shipyard employed thousands of South Shore-area residents. It was the largest private employer along the South Shore, providing jobs for over 30,000 workers during World War II. Today, Fore River Shipyard is remembered as having accomplished many shipbuilding firsts, including the construction of the USS Long Beach (CGN-9), the first nuclear guided-missile cruiser, which took four years to complete. Through postcards that include early submarines, battleships, destroyers, and ocean liners, Fore River Shipyard celebrates a shipyard that became an integral part of the South Shore community for over a century.
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Wayne G. Miller was born in Boston just a quarter mile from FenwayPark. His family moved to Quincy when he was one year old. He has manymemories of family excursions over the Fore River Bridge hoping thebridge would be open so he could see a ship sailing out to sea. For 25years he owned an antiques and collectibles business specializing inpostcards, rare books, sports, movie, and political memorabilia.
After retiring, Miller wanted to know more about the city he grew upin. He bought history books on Quincy and collected old postcards of thecity. Finding several postcards of the Fore River Shipyard in itsinfancy would lead to a desire to compile a postcard history of theshipyard.
Miller is a member of the Quincy Historical Society, BraintreeHistorical Society, Bourne Historical Society, The United States NavalShipbuilding Museum, and Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library.
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- PublisherArcadia Publishing
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0738597988
- ISBN 13 9780738597980
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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