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THE SHIPBUILDERS
Constructed During the. War
Under the DirtLiwn of

UNilED STAiLS. SHIPPING BOARD

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION
PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION AND
HOUSING DIVISION

PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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HOUSING
THE SHIPBUILDERS
Constructed During the War
Under the Direction of

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION
PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION AND
HOUSING DIVISION

PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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When America entered the Great War she found there existed a world-
wide ship famine. The enormous destruction by the German submarines
had forced the Allied Nations to recall their ships from the trade routes of
the world to transport and supply their armies in the field.

America undertook to place in France an army many times larger than

was ever before transported over seas, with the vast armament and supplies
required for a modern army.

Thousands of ships must be built for this purpose with all possible
speed if the war was to be won. The solution of this problem was placed
in the hands of the hastily created United States Shipping Board and the

Emergency Fleet Corporation.

All ships under construction were immediately requisitioned. Exist-
ing shipyards were extended, new yards built in all parts of the country
of a capacity and magnitude undreamed of before in the history of ship-
building.

Existing housing facilities were obviously inadequate to meet this

demand in addition to the needs of the many other Government war activ-
ities in same localities. The existing housing facilities in the sections of
the
Government activity were hopelessly inadequate and the construction of
housing was compulsory as an essential element in the successful prosecu-
tion of the shipbuilding program.

Congress appropriated ^75,000,000 to provide houses for shipbuilders.

Thirty-one housing developments were carried out, comprising 8648 dwell-
ings; 92 apartment buildings, containing 849 apartments and no stores;
94 dormitories, containing 3232 rooms; 5 hotels with a total of 1054 rooms;
and 6 boarding houses with 245 rooms.

Many of these houses have been sold individually to the shipbuilders

and the public on ten-year deferred payment plan. Some of the develop-
ments have been sold outright to Shipbuilding Companies whose plants
are permanent to house their employees. Others are being held by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation through local realty companies and are being
rented to the employees of the shipyards and to the general public.

The on the following pages show views and plans of the

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villages and the general character of the houses built. Many of the plans
were made by architects imbued with the "Garden City Idea," and, while

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and expensive for practical dwellings for the general run of workmen. Many-
valuable and helpful suggestions we believe, however, can be gathered from
the housing carried out by the Emergency Fleet Corporation in connection
with the war activities of the Government.

This publication does not assume to be a report of record of the work

of the Housing Division of the United States Shipping Board and Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation; but is the gathering together of only a few repre-
sentative drawings and photographs showing in general way the housing
provided for the accommodations of shipyard workers. These typical
examples will give an idea of the general character and scope of the results
accomplished in a new and difficult housing field. In general, the plans
and photographs shown are self-explanatory.
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A STREET SCENE IN BUCKMAN CHESTER, PA.

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ENTRANCE TO A BACK ALLEY AT BUCKMAN CHESTER, PA.

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