Harrison Loring
American
Harrison Loring established the City Point Works near Boston, one of the first shipyards in the United States with a focus on the construction of iron steamships, engines and boilers. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Samuel Loring
Harrison Loring established the City Point Works near Boston, one of the first shipyards in the United States with a focus on the construction of iron steamships, engines and boilers. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1822/10/25 | Nancy Sprague Loring, wife of Samuel Loring, gives birth to a son, Harrison Loring, in Duxbury, Massachusetts. | Born | |||||
| 1847/00/00 | In Boston, Harrison Loring builds a machine shop for the construction of boilers. | Work | |||||
| 1857/00/00 | Loring opens the City Point Works at the House of Industry estate, seven acres of upland and a million feet of flats in South Boston. Loring tells the city he plans to build iron ship for not less than five years, and to employ not less than 300 workmen. | Work | Launch of the Ironclads | ||||
| 1857/00/00 | Loring opens the City Point Works at the House of Industry estate, seven acres of upland and a million feet of flats in South Boston. Loring tells the city he plans to build iron ship for not less than five years, and to employ not less than 300 workmen. | Shipwright | Launch of the Ironclads | ||||
| 1862/10/07 | The USS NAHANT, the first iron warship built in New England, is launched from the City Point Works in South Boston (lost). | Shipwright | Launch of the Ironclads | ||||
| 1863/08/01 | Laid down in 1862, the CANONICUS is launched from the City Point Works in South Boston (lost). | Shipwright | Launch of the Ironclads | ||||
| 1865/00/00 | Margaret Gardner, the daughter of Robert and Lucretia Macy Gardner of Nantucket, marries Harrison Loring. | Groom | |||||
| 1865/00/00 | A historic a brick mansion with a mansard roof in the Second Empire style is built in South Boston for Harrison Loring. | Home | Harrison Loring House | Boston | |||
| 1891/10/17 | Harrison Loring, proprietor of City Point Iron works, is forced by financial problems to turn the yard over to a group of three assignees - one of them being his son, Harrison Jr - for the benefit of his creditors. | Shipwright | |||||
| 1894/00/00 | The City Point Iron works (lost) is South Boston is sold at auction. The Edison Plant is now located at the old City Point site. | Shipwright | |||||
| 1902/00/00 | The Loring family, especially sons Harrison Jr, Atherton and Robert, file claims against the US Navy totaling over $170,000, for money owned in the construction of the USS CANONICUS in 1863. | Shipwright | Launch of the Ironclads | ||||
| 1904/00/00 | The Bay Farm Co, a dairy farm and family estate at Island Creek, (100 Parks St) in Duxbury, is established and managed by Harrison Loring Jr, son of Harrison Loring. | Family | Duxbury, MA | Massachusetts | |||
| 1907/10/26 | Harrison Loring dies in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He is buried with his wife Margaret in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Massachusetts. | Died | Duxbury Mayflower Cemetery | Duxbury, MA |
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