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William H. Todd |
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William H. Todd |
Died | May 15, 1932.
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Occupation | Shipbuilder |
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William H. Todd (1864-1932)
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[2] was a shipbuilder and an avid philanthropist.
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He was born on November 27, 1864, the son of a boilermaker in
Wilmington, Delaware.
[3] He apprenticed to be a
shipwright at the
Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington as a young man and moved to
Brooklyn, New York in 1893 to work in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
[3] He left the Navy Yard in 1896, to become
foreman of the
Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company of
Erie Basin.
[3] He eventually became president of Robins.
[3]
He died May 15, 1932.
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Legacy
References
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c Greg H. Williams (17 July 2014).
The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien. McFarland. pp. 5–.
ISBN
978-0-7864-7945-0.
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b Benardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006).
Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More. New York, New York:
New York University. p. 71.
ISBN
0814799450. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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"Todd Triangle".
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 26 January 2015.