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The best boats are made at Electric Boat in New London Pretty impressive to see them made, I did some work at the Boatyard back in the 70's and to watch some of the old timers in the Blacksmith shop make parts for the boats was fascinating. They would do all the bending of steel by Hand and Heat [no hydraulics] just huge steel mesh floor plates where they would stick the pry bars Heat up and bend the steel to whatever shape they needed. I still have some of the tools they made me [they had alot of time on hand between jobs]. A lot of the fittings were special made in the mold and casting shop, no way you could use a pipe or fitting from a plumbing supply house everything is made to EB's specs and mostly done right there. As a matter of fact you could not bring any pipe, steel or any welding rod into the plant for fear of it ending up being accidentally used.