C. & R. Poillon
American shipping company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
C. & R. Poillon was a 19th-century shipyard company in Brooklyn, New York. The company employed over 300 workers, owned several shipyards, and launched 175 vessels.[1] The company was one of the best known clipper ship firms and the last of the wooden hulled boat builders in New York.
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Founded | 1845 (1845) |
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Founders | Richard Poillon, Cornelius C. Poillon |
Defunct | 1917 (1917) |
Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York |
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