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Fore River Shipyard
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Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Started by Thomas A. Watson in 1884, the shipyard was located on Fore River near East Braintree, Massachusetts . In 1901, the site was moved closer to Quincy, Massachusetts.
In 1913, Bethlehem Steel purchased the yard. It changed hands again in 1964, when it was purchased by General Dynamics Corporation. The yard closed in 1986.
In 1994 the cruiser USS Salem (CA-139) returned to the Quincy yard where it was built, becoming the centerpiece of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum .
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