Edward Phinley Morse

Map showing the CFB Cornwallis gunnery range, 1970s -34

Edward Phinley Morse

1859 – 1930


Photographs of
Historic Plaques

Clementsport
Annapolis County Nova Scotia

Located in the Old St. Edward’s Anglican Church

34 Old Post Road, Clementsport

GPS location:   44°39’51″N   65°36’21″W

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Map showing Edward Morse locations at Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Map showing Edward Morse locations
Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia


Saint Edward’s Anglican Church


HMCS Cornwallis


CFB Cornwallis

 


In 1942 the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) purchased the Morse Estate and adjacent properties to establish a new Naval Training Base (for training the thousands of new recruits being brought into the RCN during World War Two, 1939-1945) now known as Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cornwallis.

 


 


Edward P. Morse (1859-1930) commemorative plaque


Edward P. Morse mansion as it appears in 2013

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Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company: aerial view

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World’s Largest Floating Dry Dock

 

 

 

 

 

 


Maintaining Ships and Dividends
by Edward P. Morse

 

— Presentation Cover”>cover — Title page”>page 1 — Foreword: A brief Discussion of the Problem of Ship Maintenance from the Standpoint of the Executive who Controls His Shipping Company’s Expense and Revenue”>page 2 — Factors Determining whether a Repair Plant Can and Will Consistently give Ship Owners and Operators Best Economic Performance”>page 3 — Convenient Location and Easy Accessibility of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 4
— Convenient Location of Plant of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 5 — Aerial View, Main plant and offices of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 6 — Adequate Pier and General Facilities at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 7 — Workshops Owned and Operated by the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 8 — Scope of Shop Facilities at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 9
— Photograph, America’s Largest Floating Dry Dock at the Morse Yards ready to be submerged”>page 10 — Capacity of Dry Docks at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 11 — Photographs, Large Ships in Dry Dock at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 12 — Dry Dock Records at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 13 — Photographs, Employees at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 14
— Skilled and Conscientious Mechanics at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 15 — Accurate Accounting for Labor and Materials used for each job at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 16 — Accurate Cost Finding & Reliable Billing at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 17 — Some of the Specialized Equipment available at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 18 — Morse Economies at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 19
— Photographs, Typical ship repair jobs at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 20 — Consistent Record at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 21 — Competent Supervision at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 22 — Policy at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company”>page 23

 


 

Edward Phinley Morse commemorative plaque


Edward Phinley Morse commemorative plaque at Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Edward Phinley Morse commemorative plaque
Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia


Edward Phinley Morse family commemorative plaque at Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Edward Phinley Morse family commemorative plaque
Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

Plaques (above) photographed on 15 August 2013.

Thanks to Marilyn and Jack Wright.

 

 


“Abner Morse… came from Dedham, Massachusetts, to
Annapolis (Nova Scotia) in the schooner Charming Molly
May 17, 1760, and settled at Bridgetown…”


Quoted from plaque (above)

This  1760  move  by  Abner  Morse  from  Massachusetts  to
Nova Scotia was in response to the Land Grant Proclamations
issued  by  Charles  Lawrence  in  1757,  1758  and  1759.

 



Edward Phinley Morse obituary: New York Times, 1930 Aug 27
Edward Phinley Morse obituary
New York Times, 27 August 1930


 


Edward P. Morse

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World’s largest floating dry dock
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US Navy Floating Dry Docks

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Two of the items linked above state that “three million feet” of
wood was used in the construction of the Morse Dry Dock

Company’s new (1919) floating dry dock.

In this context, “three million feet” means three million board feet,

or “three  million  feet  board  measure”  (as it would  appear in a

legal document such as a contract or an invoice).


one million board feet = 2,360 cubic metres
three million board feet = about 7,100 cubic metres


A board foot was legally defined as a piece of wood

one foot long, twelve inches wide, and one inch thick.

In other words, a board foot was (and still is)

a measure of volume equal to 144 cubic inches.


144 cubic inches = 2360 cubic centimetres = 2.36 litres


The “board foot” was a measure widely used for sawn lumber,

and wood quantities in general (but not for firewood) in

the 1800s and 1900s, continuing into the twenty-first century.

Production  statistics,  inventories,  prices  of  sawn  timber,

and  other  business  information  about  wood  and  wood

products  was  usually  stated  in  terms  of  board  feet.

The term “board feet” (or “feet board measure”) was often

abbreviated to simply “feet”, as in the items linked above.

It was generally assumed that everyone understood

“three million feet” of wood meant three million board feet

(or 7100 cubic metres in modern language).


A reasonably representative average price, in 2013
along the eastern coast of the United States, of ordinary

softwood lumber when sold in large quantities, was about

two  dollars  per  board  foot.  At this price, the cost of

three million board feet of lumber would be about

six  million  dollars – just  for  the  wood,

at the shipping dock of the supplier.

 

 


 

For shipyard magnate Edward P. Morse, the late 1910s were very good years.  Buoyed by a fortune amassed during World War One (1914-1918), he constructed the world’s largest USS George Washington‘s interiors in just 76 hours so President Woodrow Wilson could sail to the post-armistice talks in Paris.  In 1919, Morse and his wife, Ada, began a breathtaking expansion of their Victorian summer house in the Long Island, New York… Morse’s stables, as all his neighbors knew, housed a prized acquisition: General Ruxton, the late Theodore Roosevelt’s beloved saddle horse… [links added]

—Source: Vince Camuto’s Jazz Age Manor in the Hamptons Architectural Digest, July 2013

 

 


 

Morse Dock Plant Swept by Flames

Six buildings in the great shipbuilding plant of the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company, extending along the South Brooklyn waterfront from Fifty-fifth to Sixtieth Streets, were destroyed last night (3-4 December 1917) by a fire probably of incendiary origin… Because this plant has been employed exclusively on Government work of great importance since this country (U.S.A.) entered the war (on 6 April 1917), it has been heavily guarded.  One company of soldiers has been quartered in the (Morse) yards and kept constantly on duty… The Morse docks were declared a Government reservation in September (1917), and thirty-nine saloons near it were closed by the War Department… (because) the dry dock doing Government work was in the same class as an army training camp.

—Source:
Morse Dock Plant Swept by Flames
The New York Times, 4 December 1917

 

 


 


Motor Yacht Elgrudor c.1920
Edward P. Morse motor yacht Elgrudor c.1920
Edward P. Morse motor yacht Elgrudor c.1920

Photograph copied by Judith Peach, August 2014


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Morse Company Covers Historic Ground

in Brooklyn (originally “Breuckelen”)


The property was originally the farm of Theodorus Bergen.

Theodorus  Bergen  was  born  on  17  March  1775.   He  was  the

son of  Michael  Bergen  and Anthe Van Wyck.  Theodorus married

Sarah Vanderbilt, daughter of John Vanderbilt and Marretje Ditmars.

Theodorus Bergen died on 21 January 1859 at age 83.

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Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company’s huge new floating Dry Dock
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February 1919, page 1

 

Something to Crow About

…when completed the new dry dock will be the largest sectional floating dry dock and the most efficient dry dock we know anything about in the world… The third of the three sections now in commission was launched on December 28 (1918); it was towed down (from the construction site and) added to the other two sections which had been completed earlier, and on January 16 (1919) the three sections went into (commercial operation), thus actually doubling the dry-docking facilities of our Company.  When the fourth section is completed, that section will be added to the three now in use and our dry-docking facilities will be increased that much more.  The same with the fifth and sixth sections, and before another winter gets around it is expected that all of the six sections will be in operation… an event of this kind is one big event in shipping circles…

 



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Includes article:
Mr. Morse Discusses Wages And Conditions;

Must Produce More, Says Mr. Morse

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…a call is made for specifications at ten o’clock in the morning,
bids are opened at eleven, and work started by noon…

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Special Diesel Number

The First Industrial Diesel Engine Plant in New York City

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Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company advertisement, November 1925
Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company advertisement, November 1925
Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company advertisement
November 1925

(Publication not known)

 


 


Cover, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [cover] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Presentation Cover
Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends”

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Page 1 (front page), Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 1 (front page)] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Title page: A Personal Message from One Executive to Another
A Personal Message from
One Executive to Another

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Page 2, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 2] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Foreword: A brief Discussion of the Problem of Ship Maintenance from the Standpoint of the Executive who Controls His Shipping Company's Expense and Revenue
Foreword: A brief Discussion of the Problem of Ship Maintenance
from  the  Standpoint  of  the  Executive  who  Controls
His Shipping Company’s Expense and Revenue

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 3, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 3] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Factors Determining whether a Repair Plant Can and Will Consistently give Ship Owners and Operators Best Economic Performance
Factors Determining whether a Repair Plant Can and Will Consistently
give Ship Owners and Operators Best Economic Performance

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 4, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 4] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Convenient Location and Easy Accessibility of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Birdseye view of New York Harbor showing the accessibility of plant

of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company, South Brooklyn, New York City.

Note the convenient location with relation to main channel, mooring basin and docks.

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 5, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 5] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Convenient Location of Plant of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Convenient Location of Plant of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 6, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 6] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Aerial View, Main plant and offices of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Main plant and offices of the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
at the

foot of 56th Street
, South Brooklyn, New York City

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 7, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 7] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Adequate Pier and General Facilities at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Adequate Pier and General Facilities at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 8, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 08] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Workshops Owned and Operated by the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Workshops Owned and Operated by the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Note the large area of window glass along

both sides of the plate and forge shops.


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Page 9, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 9] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Scope of Shop Facilities at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Scope of Shop Facilities at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 10, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 10] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Photograph, America's Largest Floating Dry Dock at the Morse Yards ready to be submerged
America’s Largest Floating Dry Dock at the Morse Yards
ready  to  be  submerged

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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All six sections of the floating dry dock are visible here.


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Page 11, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 11] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Capacity of Dry Docks at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Capacity of Dry Docks at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

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Page 12, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 12] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Photographs, Large Ships in Dry Dock at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Large Ships in Dry Dock at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 13, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 13] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Dry Dock Records at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Dry Dock Records at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 14, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 14] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Photographs, Employees at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Employees at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 15, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 15] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Skilled and Conscientious Mechanics at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Skilled and Conscientious Mechanics at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

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Page 16, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 16] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Accurate Accounting for Labor and Materials used for each job at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Accurate Accounting for Labor and Materials used for each job
at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 17, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 17] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Accurate Cost Finding & Reliable Billing at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Accurate Cost Finding – Reliable Billing
at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Page 18, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 18] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Some of the Specialized Equipment available at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Some of the Specialized Equipment available at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Re the “portable boring mill reboring stern tube in place“: Note the flat belt drive powering the portable

boring mill – the power source,  driving  this  flat  belt,  is  located  below  the temporary  staging  that the

workmen are standing on.  This being the 1920s, the power source probably was a portable steam engine.

The men are  wearing  clothing  with  long  loose  sleeves,  working in  close  proximity  to moving parts,

especially the  fast-moving  flat  belt,  that  today  would be  considered  (correctly)  to  be  an  extreme

hazard  not  to be  tolerated  in any workplace – but in the 1920s (and continuing into the 1940s and

even the 1960s) this sort of workplace hazard was taken for granted everywhere in North America.


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Edward P. Morse: [page 19] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Morse Economies at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Morse Economies at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

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Edward P. Morse: [page 20] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Photographs, Typical ship repair jobs at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Photographs, Typical ship repair jobs at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Edward P. Morse: [page 21] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Consistent Record at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Consistent Record at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

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Page 22, Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 22] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Competent Supervision at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Competent Supervision at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

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Edward P. Morse: [page 23] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy) — Policy at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
Policy at the Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company

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Page 24 (back page), Maintaining Ships and Dividends
Edward P. Morse: [page 24 (back page)] “Maintaining Ships and Dividends” (management philosophy)
Back page

Edward P. Morse: Maintaining Ships and Dividends

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Edward Morse mansion as it appears in 2013


Edward P. Morse mansion at Cornwallis Park, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, photographed on 6 Nov 2013
Edward P. Morse mansion

11 Morse Crescent, Cornwallis Park

Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

GPS location:   44°39’23″N   65°38’02″W

Google map showing this location


Photographed  on  6  November  2013
from the intersection of Haida Street and Spitfire Street


Edward P. Morse mansion at Cornwallis Park, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, photographed on 6 Nov 2013


When Edward P. Morse


Edward P. Morse mansion at HMCS Cornwallis, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, photographed in September 1942 - Building 30: Officers Mess

Fig. 8, “Trails End,” west elevation viewed from the northwest

September 1942

Department of National Defence (Building 30)

—Source: Figure 8, page 23


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Map showing the CFB Cornwallis gunnery range (1970s)
Map showing the CFB Cornwallis gunnery range, 1970s
Map showing the CFB Cornwallis gunnery range (1970s), Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.


Roads are shown as they were in 1978.  Except for Highway 101, the

layout of the roads in 2013 has not changed much from that shown here.

 

“Following the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces

in 1968, Cornwallis became the primary Canadian Forces

English-language  new-recruit  training  centre.  With the

expansion  of  the  training  course  to  include  fieldcraft

training and firing-range practice, 3000 additional acres

were acquired  at a  new  site  at Granville Ferry on

the far (north) side of the Annapolis Basin.”


—Source:


Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office Building Report 90-320
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“Base  Commander’s  Residence,  Building  51,  Canadian

Forces Base Cornwallis, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia”, (page 5)