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Christian Bergh, age 81 years, the oldest ship carpenter in the City, the father of the great system of Naval Architecture, which has rendered the City of New York famous throughout the world. Christian Bergh, was the first to raise the Character of Yankee packet ships to a height which
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Christian Bergh retired in 1837 having contributed to the advances in the design and speed of ships and a wealthy man. In 1837, Henry and his brother Edwin reorganized the business as Bergh & Co. Edwin continued the business until his father's death in 1843, when the shipyard was closed.
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