The David Carll's shipyard was the first commercial shipyard built on City Island.
14 Facts About David Carll
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David Carll built the popular schooners David Carll, Vesta, Resolute, and Ambassadress.
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David Carll married Hannah Amelia Denton in 1861 at Christ's First Presbyterian Church, Nassau County, New York.
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David Carll's shipyard was the first commercial shipyard built on City Island.
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David Carll built the popular schooners Vesta, Resolute, and Ambassadress.
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David Carll continued with his shipyard until he retired in 1885.
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In 1859, Carll moved from Northport and bought out and enlarged the shipyard started by Samuel P Hart in City Island, Bronx, at the East End of Pilot Avenue.
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David Carll built many boats, such as the schooner Wm H Van Name, the pilot boat David Carll and the yachts Vesta, and Resolute,.
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David Carll was in the great ocean race in 1866, against the Henrietta and Fleetwing.
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David Carll did the alterations for the schooner yacht Sappho.
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David Carll built the yachts: Ambassadress, Nirvana, Atalanta, Vega Reindeer, Stephen D Barnes, LV 39, William H Bailey, Samuel S Thorp, Mollie J Saunders, Sue Williams, and Vesta; the sloops: Gracie, Phebe and Lurline; and the Magic for Franklin Osgood.
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In 1864, David Carll served as an Elders of the Second Presbyterian Church of Huntington.
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David Carll was a member and Vestryman of the Grace Episcopal Church in City Island for over twenty five years.
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David Carll died on December 27,1888, at the age of 62 at his plantation, near Crescent City, Florida.