The Alameda Works Shipyard, in Alameda, California, United States, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the country. The only building remaining from the yard is the Union Iron Works Powerhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Nickname: The Island City Location in the state of California and Alameda County County Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson (D) Area    - City 59. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Nickname: The Island City Location in the state of California and Alameda County County Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson (D) Area    - City 59. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

History

Established in the early 1900s by the United Engineering Company, the yard was purchased by Union Iron Works (later called Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation) in 1916 and came to be known as the Alameda Works.

The site was expanded from seven to 75 acres (2.8 to 30.4 ha) with facilities for constructing up to six major vessels simultaneously. After 1923, the Alameda Works ceased making ships but continued its dry docking and ship repairing operations. U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ...

At the beginning of World War II, the Alameda Works was re-established as the Bethlehem Alameda Shipyard, and modernized and expanded to include new shipways and on-site worker housing. During the war, the yard repaired more than 1,000 vessels and produced P-2 Admiral-type troop ships, and it continued to produce structural steel. Shipbuilding came to an end in the early 1950s and the yard was closed in 1956. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Union Iron Works Powerhouse

This power station was designed by San Francisco architect Frederick Meyer, one of many designed for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Northern California between 1905 and the 1920s. It is a one-story rectangular industrial building, 25 feet (7.6 m) high, 53 (16 m) feet wide and 110 feet (33.3 m) long, which rests on a concrete base. Borrowing imagery from classical antiquity and the Renaissance, the powerhouse is an excellent example of a building type--the "beautiful" power house--for which the San Francisco Bay Area was nationally known. It contained several large generators and was constructed specifically to meet the massive electricity requirements of the yards. Oil power plant in Iraq A power station or power plant is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Freddy Meyer (born Frederick Meyer IV on January 4, 1981 in Sanbornville, New Hampshire) is a professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. // Playing career Meyer was signed by the Flyers on May 21, 2003 to an entry level contract. ... The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) , (NYSE: PCG), is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern California. ... Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Look up generator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...

Today, the little building that once powered an entire shipyard has been converted into private office space and is closed to the public.

Footnotes

References

• Union Iron Works Powerhouse. World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area. National Parks Service. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.

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