W. & A. Fletcher Company

W. & A. Fletcher Co. was an American manufacturer of marine boilers and steam engines for Hudson River Steamboats in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The company was located on Hudson St. in Hoboken, New Jersey. They built engines for many famous Hudson River Day Line steamers and others, in both vertical walking beam and inclined compound types.

Some of the ships they fabricated engines for included the "General Slocum", the "Hendrick Hudson" and the "Adirondack". They also built the engine for the first turbine-propelled commercial ship built in the United States, "The Governor Cobb" in 1906. The Fletcher Yard constructed the turbines under license from Parsons of England.

References

* [http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/steamboats/dayton/steam4-82.html Steamboat Days - Hudson River Steamboats]