The N.L. Griswold Shipping Co. of New York had commissioned a new clipper ... get their new ship Challenge to San Francisco in 90 days. The big problem for the captain in 1851 was the scarcity ...

A c 1835 lithograph of the clipper ship Challenger. Photo: Library of Congress “Clipper ships were not a specific design, they were a state of mind,” says John Lienhard, an engineer from the ...

From 1851 to 1855, the shipyard built eight clipper ships. The Noonday, the yard’s last ship, probably got its name because the previous ship built on the island was called the Midnight.

“American shipbuilders began to craft slim vessels built for speed — the clipper ships. In 1851, Boston-built Flying Cloud sailed from New York to San Francisco in an astonishing 89 ...

The N.L. Griswold Shipping Co. of New York had commissioned a new clipper ... get their new ship Challenge to San Francisco in 90 days. The big problem for the captain in 1851 was the scarcity ...