side of the city. Early on 14 March 1824, a fire broke out in the Browns' sawmill and spread rapidly to the adjoining yard of Brown & Bell, destroying two steamboats, two brigs, and a large quantity of timber. The fire also extended to the yard of Isaac Webb & Co., where a frame building and a considerable quantity of timber was burned. Fire Engine No. 33, "Black Joke", was also destroyed in the blaze and the firemen had to jump into the river to escape. The last vessel constructed by Noah Brown was the ferryboat Sussex, built for the New York and Jersey City Ferry Company in 1833. List of ships Ships built by Adam and Noah Brown include: Frances (1804) Swift (1805) Trident (1805) Boneta (1806) Maria Theresa (1807) Pacific (1807) Tonquin (1807) Phorion (1807) Mentor (1808) America (1809) Chinese (1809) Highlander (1810) Aricola (1810) Colt (1810) Ontario (1812) James Munroe (1817) Horatio (1818) China (1818) Ajax (1821) Montano (1822) American (1822) Lewis (1823) Sabina (1823) Natchez, steamboat (1823) Diamond (1823) William Byrnes (1824) Nassau (1824) Manchester (1825) Sussex (1833) Legacy and honors The World War II Liberty Ship was named in Noah's honor. See also Walk-in-the-water — Steamboat whose building was supervised by Noah Brown References Notes Bibliography American shipbuilders Businesspeople from New York (state) People from New York (state) in the War of 1812