William H. Todd
William H. Todd (1867-1932)[1] was a shipbuilder and an avid philanthropist.[2]
He was born on November 27, 1867, the son of a boilermaker in Wilmington, Delaware.[2] He apprenticed to be a shipwright at the Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington as a young man and moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1893 to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.[2] He left the Navy Yard in 1896, to become foreman of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Companyof Erie Basin.[2] He eventually became president of Robins.[2]
Legacy
- Todd Square, a park in at the intersection of Columbia Street and Halleck Street in Brooklyn, New York[1]
- Todd Shipyard Company, now Vigor Shipyards[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Benardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More. New York, New York: New York University. p. 71. ISBN 0814799450. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Todd Triangle". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 26 January 2015.