Shipbuilding Becomes the Main Industry of Northport
- Date Range
- 1837 – 1837
- Title
- Shipbuilding Becomes the Main Industry of Northport
- What occurred
- Initially a farming town, in the 1830's Northport became a shipbuilding area. As the vessels at this time were wooden, a lot of environment was cleared out in order to use resources on ships at the time, similar to the over usage of natural resources in other locations.
- Location
- Northport, New York
- Image Citation
- https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/town-focus-day-2-in-northport-1.6008999
- Student name(s)
- Dante Sasso Jr.
