<p>At the beginning of World War I, the federal government authorized the establishment of shipyards to construct freighters. One such company was the Atlantic Corporation of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After building ten ships the corporation went out of business but the unusual housing development constructed for the workers remains. This work follows the rise and fall of the shipyard then concentrates on the work of architect Walter Kilham who designed what has been called the finest industrial community of the era.</p>

Atlantic Heights: A World War I Shipbuilders Community

Richard M. Candee

Portsmouth Marine Society

Wallace Nutting's Portsmouth: Photographs of the 'colonial' Past, 1908-1918

Back Channel Press

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Atlantic Heights: A World War I Shipbuilders Community

Wallace Nutting's Portsmouth: Photographs of the 'colonial' Past, 1908-1918