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Table Df698-702 - Merchant vessels built and documented-gross tonnage, by region: 1840-1936
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Df698
Df699
Df700
Df701
Df702
Seaboard
Northern lakes and Western rivers
Total
New England
Mid-Atlantic and Gulf
Pacific
Row
Year
Gross tons
Gross tons
Gross tons
Gross tons
Gross tons
1
1840
110,683
65,189
45,494
----
7,626
2
1841
104,268
63,771
40,497
----
14,625
3
1842
109,100
64,237
44,863
----
19,983
4
1843
2
53,220
26,512
26,708
----
10,397
5
1844
71,832
36,268
35,564
----
31,705
6
1845
116,443
63,837
52,606
----
29,575
7
1846
149,571
82,347
67,224
----
38,632
8
1847
185,618
104,745
80,873
----
58,114
9
1848
264,268
146,113
118,155
----
53,807
10
1849
209,189
120,237
88,952
----
47,388
11
1850
248,865
142,369
106,374
122
23,353
12
1851
265,378
133,351
131,957
70
32,825
13
1852
301,274
179,804
121,470
----
50,218
14
1853
357,233
222,791
134,291
151
68,339
15
1854
454,933
289,599
164,311
1,023
80,683
16
1855
505,450
326,431
176,901
2,118
78,000
17
1856
369,679
252,974
116,343
362
99,714
18
1857
285,681
183,686
100,810
1,185
93,123
19
1858
177,799
103,864
71,811
2,124
64,487
20
1859
134,499
79,316
53,127
2,056
23,103
21
1860
169,836
134,289
33,524
2,023
44,962
22
1861
181,586
104,678
72,192
4,716
51,608
23
1862
112,486
45,597
64,365
2,524
62,589
24
1863
215,410
79,578
133,161
2,671
95,474
25
1864
328,710
112,615
211,242
4,853
87,030
26
1865
280,899
135,253
141,830
3,816
102,910
27
1866
232,788
121,335
105,329
6,124
103,358
28
1867
229,583
135,189
90,070
4,324
73,945
29
1868
173,722
98,915
67,956
6,851
111,582
30
1869
191,194
103,604
72,058
15,532
84,036
31
1870
182,836
110,584
59,532
12,720
94,117
32
1871
156,249
64,366
86,559
5,324
116,978
33
1872
128,097
46,269
79,552
2,276
80,955
34
1873
218,139
76,406
136,258
5,475
141,107
35
1874
277,093
136,251
129,983
10,859
155,632
36
1875
244,474
151,497
79,549
13,428
53,165
37
1876
163,826
95,288
51,716
16,822
39,760
38
1877
132,996
90,992
29,286
12,718
43,596
39
1878
155,138
90,386
53,419
11,333
80,366
40
1879
115,683
55,874
48,602
11,207
77,348
41
1880
101,720
46,374
46,403
8,943
55,690
42
1881
125,766
54,488
59,861
11,417
154,693
43
1882
188,084
93,965
78,342
15,777
94,186
44
1883
210,349
110,226
83,385
16,738
55,081
45
1884
178,419
84,046
83,753
10,620
47,095
46
1885
121,010
48,128
61,844
11,038
38,046
47
1886
64,458
30,624
27,920
5,914
30,995
48
1887
83,061
24,035
49,886
9,140
67,389
49
1888
105,125
33,813
49,356
21,956
112,962
50
1889
111,852
39,983
53,930
17,939
119,282
51
1890
169,091
78,577
78,179
12,335
125,032
52
1891
287,462
105,491
112,901
19,070
131,840
53
1892
138,863
60,624
57,469
20,770
60,770
54
1893
102,830
37,091
52,018
13,721
108,809
55
1894
80,099
28,665
46,042
5,392
51,096
56
1895
67,127
26,783
33,200
7,144
44,475
57
1896
102,544
39,582
52,143
10,819
124,553
58
1897
103,504
21,942
74,067
7,495
128,729
59
1898
112,879
23,944
39,146
49,789
67,579
60
1899
196,120
68,761
85,825
41,534
103,918
61
1900
249,006
72,179
135,473
41,354
144,784
62
1901
291,516
82,971
153,977
54,568
191,973
63
1902
290,122
75,852
161,211
53,059
178,709
64
1903
288,196
66,973
177,887
43,336
147,956
65
1904
208,288
51,417
135,263
21,608
170,254
66
1905
230,716
119,377
91,224
20,115
99,600
67
1906
146,883
32,311
94,311
20,261
271,862
68
1907
219,753
44,428
140,134
35,191
251,579
69
1908
266,937
70,903
138,984
57,050
347,279
70
1909
131,748
27,237
81,752
22,759
106,342
71
1910
167,829
23,442
127,517
16,870
174,239
72
1911
190,612
23,653
139,725
27,234
100,550
73
1912
136,485
23,052
81,329
32,104
96,184
74
1913
247,318
27,131
175,523
44,664
98,837
75
1914
251,700
14,985
200,220
36,495
64,550
76
1915
203,156
18,551
152,906
31,699
21,966
77
1916
275,749
37,568
188,550
49,631
49,664
78
1917
518,958
52,526
298,958
167,474
145,521
79
1918
1,080,437
88,302
473,698
518,437
220,431
80
1919
2,815,733
177,758
1,274,472
1,868,503
510,888
81
1920
3,475,872
208,023
1,931,514
1,336,335
404,767
82
1921
2,147,555
150,745
1,383,185
613,625
117,560
83
1922
637,708
56,973
448,197
132,538
23,524
84
1923
262,769
13,057
199,026
50,686
73,022
85
1924
145,837
3,174
106,414
36,249
78,131
86
1925
123,933
5,615
76,784
41,534
75,913
87
1926
159,658
4,995
131,994
22,669
65,015
88
1927
176,207
6,574
124,068
45,565
68,937
89
1928
181,681
11,434
146,532
23,715
75,499
90
1929
104,769
12,766
71,750
20,253
24,207
91
1930
193,116
18,601
143,656
30,859
61,180
92
1931
355,771
26,639
287,884
41,248
31,135
93
1932
195,529
52,163
133,625
9,741
17,363
94
1933
181,593
25,851
151,823
3,919
9,210
95
1934
49,946
862
37,390
11,694
16,703
96
1935
49,054
1,910
38,452
8,692
13,865
97
1936
175,398
711
166,671
8,016
48,686
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