William H. Todd

William H. Todd
William H. Todd
	William H. Todd
Died	May 15, 1932.
Occupation	Shipbuilder

William H. Todd (1864-1932)^[1]^[2] was a shipbuilder and an avid philanthropist.^[3]

He was born on November 27, 1864, the son of a boilermaker in Wilmington, Delaware.^[3] He apprenticed to be a shipwright at the Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington as a young man and moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1893 to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.^[3] He left the Navy Yard in 1896, to become foreman of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company of Erie Basin.^[3] He eventually became president of Robins.^[3]

He died May 15, 1932.^[1]

Legacy

Todd Square, a park in at the intersection of Columbia Street and Halleck Street in Brooklyn, New York^[2]
Todd Shipyard Company, now Vigor Shipyards^[3]
Todd Shipyards (soccer) team he supported.
Liberty ship SS William H. Todd

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Greg H. Williams (17 July 2014). The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien. McFarland. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-7864-7945-0.
^ ^a ^b Benardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More. New York, New York: New York University. p. 71. ISBN 0814799450. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Todd Triangle". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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[Williams2014-1] Greg H. Williams (17 July 2014). The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien. McFarland. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-7864-7945-0.

[ben-2] Benardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More. New York, New York: New York University. p. 71. ISBN 0814799450. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[triangle-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Todd Triangle". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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