| 41. | Raising livestock and harvesting timber / naval stores has also been an essential component of the local economy for centuries.
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| 42. | He opened the Globe Naval Stores Company in 1913 and was a director of the Gulf, Florida, and Alabama Railway.
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| 43. | In 1853, the yard was completely closed, however it remained closed to the public since it still housed naval stores.
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| 44. | In 1902 McKenzie moved to the Florida Panhandle and became joint owner of a naval stores business with 75 employees.
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| 45. | The Altamaha River bordered vast swamps full of valuable resources such as timber and precious pine sap for naval stores.
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| 46. | Some 1, 200 persons were settled at work camps to manufacture naval stores and pay off their passage as indentured labor.
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| 47. | For their return cargo the Americans purchased arms, munitions, and naval stores brought to the island by Dutch and French merchants.
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| 48. | The naval stores buildings were occupied by the Royal Australian Navy until 1959, and then by the Australian Army until 1984.
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| 49. | After the French declared war on Britain, the Amsterdam merchants also became heavily involved in the trade in naval stores with France.
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| 50. | The naval stores industry also fell into decline by World War II as iron had largely replaced wood in the manufacture of ships.
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