1. Shipbuilder Elijah Mattingly Mrs.Wilson January 15, 2013

2. Cut down the trees from nearby forests Sawed planking by hand Shaped and fitted with broadaxes and a plane’s The cost for a ship was inexpensive to build, the work was slow but they still got it done In colonial time they had good access to good timber to build the ships they needed to build.

3. Chisel Steam box Jackplane Adz Maul Broad axes Plane

4. Build boats for fishing Fur trading Later big boats for people on board Some for slave trading

5. To be a shipbuilder you have to be good at math and angles. Shipbuilding is a construction of ships and floating vessels. Largest ship yards were in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. One man, former slave Frederick Douglass, got his masters in shipbuilding when he was just 11 years old.

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