HOUSTON TEXAS!!!!
I'm not surprised - port cities usually have some machine shops equal to the task of supplying large parts to shipyards. New Orleans has some big machine shops, too - right along the river where it didn't flood.
“port cities usually have some machine shops equal to the task of supplying large parts to shipyards”
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Yes, while this is true, Houston’s larger machine shops mostly support the big oilfield equipment makers Like Baker-Hughes, Smith International and Schlumberger. Many other smaller OEMs for the energy market are there too.
Currently, deep water exploration drives much of this manufacturing. Allot of this stuff is tubular in shape and big diameter stuff so it takes some pretty big ol lathes to turn those parts.