The Washington Navy Yard in the Early 1800s

From Wikipedia.

The land was purchased under an Act of Congress in 1799, and the Navy Yard was established in October of that year.  It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy and was built under the direction of Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secretary of the Navy and supervised by  by the yard's first commandant, Thomas Tingey, who served in that capacity for 29 years.

The Navy Yard became the main shipbuilder of the U.S. Navy.  Twenty-two vessels were constructed there from small  70 foot gunboats to the 246-foot steam frigate USS Minnesota (which was at the Battles of Fort Fisher and the Battle of the Ironclads between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia during the Civil War).

The USS Constitution came to the yard in 1812 for a refit.

Good thing it wasn't there when the British came.

--Brock-Perry