A fact from West Street Foundry appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Brooklyn's West Street Foundry, owned by Wilson Small, built the engine for Error: {{Ship}} missing prefix (help)(pictured), which on debut in 1853 was the largest and fastest steamboat in Maine coastal service?
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Some assistance in verifying the hook for the reviewer:
that the steamer was the largest and fastest on the Maine coast - sourced at the end of the Construction and design section in the Daniel Webster article.
that the engine was built by the West Street Foundry - same section as above, third paragraph.
that Wilson Small owned the foundry - either the Wilson Small or Foundry articles, should be easy to find.
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Nice work on all three articles. I was able to verify Small's ownership in this source, while the rest of the info is sourced to this news article. Epicgenius (talk) 18:11, 3 July 2022 (UTC)