Merritt-Chapman & Scott - The 1950s

The 1950s

MC&S acquired the New York Shipbuilding company at some point during the 1950s or 1960s (a 1949 book gives no mention of MS&C ownership. Further research is needed to clarify this part of the history.

MC&S itself was to be taken over in 1951 by Louis E. Wolfson a renowned corporate raider of the time. The takeover was not without its problems, there were a number of stockholder suits, and eventually, further difficulties.

But Merritt-Chapman & Scott was involved in a large number of projects during this decade, including the following:

• Washburn Tunnel, 1950,
• Delaware Memorial Bridge 1951
• John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge 1951
• Auckland Harbour Board Freyberg and import wharf (joint venture with Fletcher Construction & Raymond Concrete Pile) 1951 Auckland
• Tasman Mill 1953 New Zealand
• Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge 1957 Kingston, New York
• Walt Whitman Bridge 1957