Donald McKay
Ship Designer
1810 – 1880
Who was Donald McKay?
Donald McKay was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships.
He was born in Jordan Falls, Shelburne County on Nova Scotia's South Shore. In 1826 he moved to New York, working for shipbuilders Brown & Bell and Isaac Webb. In 1841, he opened his first yard in Newburyport and moved to East Boston in 1845, building substantial packet ships for the Atlantic emigrant route. McKay later designed and built some of the most successful clippers ever built. His house in East Boston is on the National Register of Historic Places. He was the great-grandfather of the American actor, author, and artist Gardner McKay.
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- Born
- Sep 4, 1810
Jordan Falls - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Canada
- Employment
- Isaac Webb
- Brown & Bell
- Donald McKay shipyard
- Lived in
- East Boston
(1845 - ) - Newburyport
(1841 - ) - New York City
(1826 - )
- East Boston
- Died
- Sep 20, 1880
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on July 23, 2013
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