National Register of Historic Places

Matton Shipyard

Cohoes, Albany County, New York
Listed
July 23, 2009
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
09000553

About this property

Matton Shipyard is a historic shipyard and canal boat service yard located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It consists of eight extant buildings, various surviving features, and archaeological remains dating to the period 1916 to 1983 when the site functioned as a shipyard, repair facility, and towboat operation on the New York State Barge Canal and Champlain Canal. Extant buildings include the office / stores (c. 1916-1917), watchman's building (c. 1936-1943), sheet metal shop (c. 1937-1938), carpenter shop (c. 1916 and 1936-1943), stores building (c. 1941-1943), pipeshop (c. 1936-1943), pitch building (pre-1936), garage (c. 1916), and electric building. Also on the property are a flagpole (c. 1916), dock, steel launching ramps, fence, and camels. Numerous ruins also occupy the property. The motor ship Day Peckinpaugh is berthed here. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Location

Cohoes, Albany County, New York
42.78099, -73.68008

Categories

COMMERCEMARITIME HISTORYTRANSPORTATIONINDUSTRY
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Sources

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When was Matton Shipyard listed on the National Register?

Matton Shipyard was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Matton Shipyard?

Matton Shipyard is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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