Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation

onsolidated Shipbuilding was the result of the acquisition by Gas Engine & Power Co. of Charles L. Seabury Co., in June 1896. Gas Engine & Power Co. had been established in 1885, initially at Brook Avenue and 131st Street, but from 1887 in Morris Heights. Its founders were F. W. Ofeldt, the inventor of the naptha engine, and Clement Gould, and the company rapidly became famous for its naphtha-powered launches. Charles L. Seabury Co. had been established in 1889, in Nyack NY. Its founders were Charles L. Seabury and William Parslow, both of whom had worked for Gas Engine & Power, and the company rapidly became famous for its steam-powered yachts. Following the merger, the Seabury operation was relocated to Morris Heights but the two operations continued as separate entities until about 1913, when they began to use the cumbersome name of Charles L. Seabury Co. and Gas Engine & Power Co., Consolidated. In 1920, they dropped all the old names and became plain Consolidated Shipbuilding. Info from: http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtsmall/consolidated.htm