C. & R. Poillon

C. & R. Poillon
Founded1845 (1845)
FoundersRichard Poillon, Cornelius C. Poillon
Defunct1917 (1917)
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York

C. & R. Poillon was a 19th-century shipyard company in Brooklyn, New York. The company employed over 300 workers, owned several shipyards, and launched 175 vessels. The company was one of the best known clipper ship firms and the last of the wooden hulled boat builders in New York.

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