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1871 – 1950 · New York; Vancouver, BC; Los Angeles; Kingston, RI

Edson B. Schock

Naval architect — New York, Vancouver, Los Angeles

The elder Schock: apprenticed to A. Cary Smith, design editor of The Rudder, four decades on the West Coast, and a designer of everything from racing sloops to tugs and freighters.

Trained
Under A. Cary Smith; independent practice from 1900
Editorial
Design editor, The Rudder, 1906–1910
West Coast
Moved to Vancouver, BC in 1910; opened a Los Angeles office in 1922; designed military vessels at Stockton in WWII
  • Racing and cruising sail and power — plus tugs, freighters and fishing boats

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