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The current Toronto Drydock, founded in 1989 is a small marine repair facility built from the former St-Lawrence pulpwood carrier Menier Consol (built in 1962 and converted as floating drydock after 1984) and located in the eastern Portland area in the Turning Basin along Basin Street and across from the former Hearn Generating Station.
The Port Weller Dry Docks expanded its activities with the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in the late 1950s. By the 1990s, the Port Weller Dry Docks was the lone Great Lakes shipyard in operation in Canada. [1] [2] It was sold to Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. but later became insolvent.
The Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company was a major late 19th/early 20th century ship repair and conversion facility located in New York City.Begun in the 1880s as a small shipsmithing business known as the Morse Iron Works, the company grew to be one of America's largest ship repair and refit facilities, at one time owning the world's largest floating dry dock.
In January 1942, for the duration of World War II, the President of the United States absorbed the New York State Employment Service into the National Manpower Program. In 1944, New York State’s Minimum Wage Law was amended to include men. In 1945, the NYS Industrial Board was replaced by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. [44] [45]
As of the 2019 election, there are eight towns in New York state that are completely dry, and 39 that are partially dry. [120] The "dry" towns in the state are: Caneadea in Allegany County, Clymer in Chautauqua County, Lapeer in Cortland County, Orwell in Oswego County, Fremont and Jasper in Steuben County, Berkshire in Tioga County. [120] [121]
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Smoke from wildfires still raging in Canada is expected to blanket part of the Northeast US on Monday, bringing a haze to cities in New York and Massachusetts, forecasters say.