During the 18th and 19th centuries, wooden shipbuilding of this sort made up a sizable portion of the economy.

It was also frequently used for trenails in wooden shipbuilding by shipwrights for it's tough properties.

One of the largest types of chisel is the slick, used in timber frame construction and wooden shipbuilding.

The Charley-Man: a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec, 1763-1893.

For much of the 19th century, Port Jefferson was a major center for wooden shipbuilding.

During the early 19th century, Duxbury had been a prosperous center of wooden shipbuilding.

The town prospered with wooden shipbuilding in the 19th century.

However steamers began to gain prominence on the seas in the 1870's and wooden shipbuilding began a serious decline.

She is one of the most impressive remaining examples of traditional American wooden shipbuilding.

After the war, the shipyard continued to build yachts, but wooden shipbuilding ended in 1938.