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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Eddy Shipbuilding Corp.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Eddy Shipbuilding Corp.

American
Institution LocationBay City, Michigan
Owner: George Glen Eddy.

Eddy Shipbuilding was originally a manufacturer of prefabricated houses, located on the Saginaw River, at 700 Harrison Street, at the western end of Cass Avenue. It expanded into building cabin cruisers in the 1930s and, as a result, was there when needed to build boats for the Army in WWII. (http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/eddy.htm)

Eddy Shipbuilding Corp.
700 Harrison
Bay City
Houses, prefabricated; Boats
G. C. Eddy, Pres.
E. J. Turner, Fac. Mgr.
T. G. Meyers, Sec.
R. P. Dendle, Treas.
C. H. Hacker, Pur. Agt.
Emp., M., 250; F., 125; Est. 1942
Source: Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1946 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1946.) pp. 33, 88.