Henry Steers son of James Rich Steers

James Rich Steers

James Rich Steers was an American yacht builder and politician. He was born in Plymouth, England. His father, Henry Steers, was connected to the Construction Department of the Royal Naval Dockyards at Plymouth until 1815...

, nephew of George Steers

George Steers

George Steers was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht America. He founded a shipyard with his brother, George Steers and Co, and died in an accident just as he was landing a major contract to build boats for the Russian Czar....

, proprietor of Henry Steers' Ship Yard (George & James R. Steers

George Steers and Co

-James and George Steers shipyard:In 1850, James Rich Steers and George Steers started the George Steers & Co. inheriting from a naval architecture tradition. The father Henry Steers was already a naval architect in England.. The company was located in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.They...

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Educated in New-York, admission into a free Academy. At the age of 16, he worked in the ship yard George & James R. Steers. He served as a regular apprenticeship from a grindstone boy to a foreman.

In 1857, he commenced business on his own account, first building several yachts and pilot boats, including the Charles H. Marshall.

In 1859, he located himself at Greenpoint. He built the Hu Quang, the Che Kiang and the Foh Kein (which was at the time the fastest boat in China waters) in the China trade.

In 1865, he launched the Arizona for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company

Pacific Mail Steamship Company

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded April 18, 1848 as a joint stock company under the laws of the State of New York by a group of New York City merchants, William H. Aspinwall, Edwin Bartlett, Henry Chauncey, Mr. Alsop, G.G. Howland and S.S. Howland...

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