Beery's Shipyard

On the west side of the river

a little south of the causeway

was Berry's Shipyard, where the

Confederate ironclad North Carolina

was built in 1862 for the protection

of the port. The ironclad Raleigh

was constructed at Cassidy's Shipyard,

near the foot of Church Street in 1864.

New Hanover Historical Commission

A.J. Howell E.S. Martin

James Sprunt W.A. McGirt

Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and North Water Street, in the median on Market Street.

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