Edward P. Morse

Edward Phinley Morse (7 March 1859—26 August 1930) was a Canadian-American industrialist and proprietor of the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company, a major turn of the 20th century ship repair facility located in Brooklyn, New York. He later assisted in the creation of United Dry Docks, Inc., a corporation formed by the merger of six New York-based ship repair companies including his own, and at the time the largest corporation of its type in the world.

Edward P. Morse
Born(1859-03-07)March 7, 1859
Clementsport, Nova Scotia, British North America
DiedAugust 26, 1930(1930-08-26) (aged 71)
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
NationalityCanadian-American
OccupationBusiness
Known forProprietor of the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company of Brooklyn, New York.

At one time, Morse's fortune was estimated to be $40 million, but after his death in 1930, his taxable estate was appraised at a relatively modest $1.646 million ($22.5 million in 2015 dollars).

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