George Steers and Co

George Steers & Co was a 19th century shipyard company at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.

[3][4] The company was located in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York.

[5][6][7] They designed in 1851 the America for John C. Stevens to win the Queen's Cup at the annual regatta of the London Royal Yacht Club.

Jack Strickland, supervisor of the construction of the yacht America, was a foreman of the Steers shipyard.

He designed and built most of the boats of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.

Interior of George Steers' model room , as it appeared at the time of his death in 1856, showing labelled models of ships and yachts designed or built at the yard