The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-10-24
The New Machine Shops and Ship Yard at
seabrook.

persons in the Department who are aware that on
the banks of Skull creek, Seabrook's landing,
are machine shops, AMI ship and boat-yards,
already second in Importance to none south OF the
Potomac, all the recent growth of few months.
They have sprung up as it were in single night
under the experienced and vigorous administration
ofMr. JOHN H MoRs, Superintending Engineer OF
the Quartermastel's Department. under Lt Col
j. EIwtLL Though young they exhibit all
the energy and vigor of older establishments
North, and are as full Of promise for the future
as the most sanguine could desire.
The necessity has long been felt for properly
oroonized and effective machine shop and ship
,,,rd wherein the repairs to the engines and hulls
os the large feet of transports IN government
service in this quarter, could be expiditiousy and
thoroughly accomplished; but variety OF reasons
ey;sted why the plan to meet the demands should
not be carried out until last spring. At that time
10, E1wr1L secured the valuable services OF
AR John H. MoRs, practical engineer OF ability
o,d experience, who Immediately inaugarated
Tho nresent movement to place the Transportation
branch of the service beyond the need OF going
ont of the department for repairs, to MAINTAIN Its
efficiency and value The present location was
selected as proper one for the new machine
shop and ship yard as afording the best facilities
for tbe kind of service just at present demanded.
The Greek affords water deep enough for vessels
of any draft, with bold shores, and protected
o,ainst the winds f1om any direction, the harbor
be;no of sufficient size for all practical purposes
The Machine shop is buildingput up for tenn
,,orarv purposes, about forty feet square, on the
edoe of the Creeks bank, and is already supplied
with all the more important and requisite maehl-
nery necessary for the presentwants OF the service
II has a small steam engine, which supplies the
motive power for the entire establishments With
IN We find two slide lathes, a planning, drilling,
screw cutting and punching machines, shears,
,,5 a., abundance of tools, which are In constant
activity.
Adjoining the machine shop is the Black
smiths shop with its FORCES and blasts; and near
T. ;s the Boiler-maker's yard, where new boilers
NAV be constructed, or old ones repaired. Mr..
Mons has organized in connection with the estao-
l;shment, novel corps whose sole duty it is to
scale boilers, which they are enabled to do by
making it specialize, in about half the time usu-
olIv consumed by the ordinary werkmen.
Any portion of the motive power OF steamers
can be repaired in this establishment in much
shorter time than the same work ean be pertor-
med in northern shops. The branches OF labor
are so well defined, and the mechanics are SO well
organized, that all the work goes on together
and no one gang is compelled to await the move
ments of another Time is thus saved, and the
best results attained.
Preparations are being made to put in some
large forges in the shop, by which means ordl-
nary sized shafts may be forged for steamers; ; and
soon department will be formed for making
castings of all kinds; and if necessary an engine
may be constructed here, complete In all Its parts
IN IDrr