[5][6] Between World War I and World War II, Evans Deakin was involved in the fabrication of 300 railway wagons for Queensland Government Railways, the manufacture of steel components for the Story Bridge, and the introduction of oxy-acetylene and electric arc welding to Queensland.

[2] At the start of World War II, the company established a shipyard at Kangaroo Point on the Brisbane River taking over the Queensland Government's lease of Moar's Slipway beside Cairns Street (27°28′22″S 153°02′16″E / 27.4727°S 153.0379°E / -27.4727; 153.0379 (Evans Deakin Kangaroo Point shipyard)) (which was then owned by the Brisbane City Council).

The company built the largest ship ever made on the Brisbane River, the oil tanker Robert Miller.

[9] The Evans Deakin shipyard constructed 81 ships between 1940 and its closure in 1976,[2] including eleven Bathurst-class corvettes, a Bay-class frigate, several Attack-class patrol boats and four A-class cargo steamships.

[9] After being left vacant for a number of years, in 1988 the shipyard was redeveloped as a hotel and apartment complex called Dockside.