Slipways and steamchests: the archaeology of 18th- and 19th-century wooden merchant shipyards in the United Kingdom

Linking Land and Navy: archaeological investigations at the site of the Woolwich Royal Dockyard, south-eastern England

“…, 2004). The importance of these types of sites, including those dating to the earlier‐20th century, has also been highlighted by representatives of English national maritime heritage bodies (for example Stammers, 1999), as well as those of the Greater Thames Estuary region (Williams and Brown, 1999: 21; Nixon et al ., 2002: 71, 75). Consequently considerable information is now accruing on the nature of the post‐medieval port, its topographic development, the nature of ship‐ and boatyards and the varied craft that were built, used, repaired and broken up in the region.…”

“…Several ship-, boat-and bargebuilding, repair and breaking yards have now been fairly extensively investigated covering the later-16th to late-19th centuries (Saxby and Goodburn, 1998;Goodburn, 1999;Tyler, 2001;Divers, 2002;Pitt et al, 2003;Heard and Goodburn, 2003;Divers et al, 2004). The importance of these types of sites, including those dating to the earlier-20th century, has also been highlighted by representatives of English national maritime heritage bodies (for example Stammers, 1999), as well as those of the Greater Thames Estuary region (Williams and Brown, 1999: 21;Nixon et al, 2002: 71, 75). Consequently considerable information is now accruing on the nature of the post-medieval port, its topographic development, the nature of ship-and boatyards and the varied craft that were built, used, repaired and broken up in the region.…”

“…However, the situation is now beginning to change with some detailed investigations in England and the Netherlands being published (Saxby and Goodburn, 1998; Divers, 2002; Gawronski, 2003; Heard and Goodburn, 2003; Divers et al ., 2004). There is also a good review of the archaeological survival of 18th‐ and 19th‐century merchant shipyards in the United Kingdom by Stammers (1999: 253–64). In Québec, Canada, the colonial port facilities and development have been studied (Rouleau, 2009: 229–44).…”

18th- and 19th-century shipyards at the south-east entrance to the West India Docks, London

“…T here has been a growing international interest in the archaeological excavation of shipbuilding, breaking and repair yards and related maritime industrial sites, from all periods up to the earlier 20th century (for example Skamby-Madsen, 1991;Watkins, 1994;Saxby & Goodburn, 1998;Goodburn, 1999;Stammers, 1999). Dry dock structures are also beginning to receive deserved archaeological attention (Barker, 1998).…”

Down by the Water's Edge: Modelling Shipyard Locations in Maryland, USA

“…Throughout the past decade there has been burgeoning international interest in shipyard‐sites in response to an increasing desire to understand how historic vessels were constructed and how they were linked to markets and terrestrial trade networks (for example Skamby‐Madsen, 1991; Amer and Naylor, 1996; Goodburn, 1999; Stammers, 1999; Lemée, 2000; Gawronski, 2003; Pitt and Goodburn, 2003; Wilson, 2003). However, in many regions the ephemeral nature of shipyards makes them difficult to identify.…”