About this collection

The American Car & Foundry Company purchased the Jackson and Sharp Company of Wilmington, Delaware, in 1901. From the end of World War One to 1938, the plant built small pleasure boats. During World War Two, it built landing barges, LCM tank lighters, aluminum pontoons, plywood smoke barges for the American forces, and YMS minesweepers for the British Navy. The plant was closed around 1945.

The American Car and Foundry Company World War II era photographs (Accession 1993.257) collection documents activities at the company's shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware, during World War Two. Images show ship launchings and shipbuilding, views of the plant, caricatures of employees, and other business activities.

Image: Bird's eye view of the A.C.F. plant, undated. Click here to view this image in the collection.