sales office into a subsidiary of the British company; a factory in Oberhausen in the Ruhr district made the boiler designed by the American engineers. In 1902, the New York City's first subway is powered by B&W boilers. During 1907 and 1909 Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet were powered by B&W Boilers. In 1923, both Babcock & Wilcox Ltd and The Babcock & Wilcox Company buy into The Goldie & McCulloch Company Ltd of Cambridge, Ontario, to form Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Ltd in Canada. In 1929, B&W installs the world's first commercial size recovery boiler using the magnesium bisulfite process in Quebec, Canada. Between 1941 and 1945 B&W designed and delivered 4,100 marine boilers for combat and merchant ships, including 95 percent of the US fleet in Tokyo Bay at Japanese surrender. In 1942, the company developed the cyclone furnace. Between 1943 and 1945, B&W provided components, materials and process development for Manhattan Project. In 1948, Babcock and Wilcox was at the center of a labor dispute with the United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America. The National Labor Relations Board held that during captive audience meetings, the union was entitled to equal time. This was later overturned in Livingston Shirt Corp. Between 1949 and 1952, B&W provided the 8 boilers for the , the fastest ocean liner ever constructed. Between 1953 and 1955, B&W designed and fabricated components for , world's first nuclear-powered submarine. In 1961, B&W designed and supplied reactors for world's first commercial nuclear ship . In 1962, B&W designed and furnished reactor systems for B&W's first commercial reactor, Indian Point, using HEU 233. In 1967, the name of Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Ltd is changed to Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd. In 1975, B&W designed and built components for liquid metal fast breeder reactors. In 1975, the long-term business agreements with the British Babcock & Wilcox Ltd were ended. Subsequently, the British company was renamed Babcock International Group plc. In 1978, B&W designed and built the nuclear reactor that was involved in the Three Mile Island accident. In 1999, B&W was awarded the contract to develop fuel cells and steam reforming for US Navy. On February 22, 2000, B&W filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in part as a result of thousands of claims for personal injury due to prolonged exposure to asbestos and asbestos fibers. Claims included asbestosis, lung cancer, pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma. As a