North America: Upper Canada
View of Amherstburg
As the 1812 - 1814 War raged, shipbuilding became a prime concern to assert naval pre-eminence on the Great Lakes. This picture shows the new dock created to produce sloops. The sloop ready to be launched is HMS Detroit.
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