Use of nickel (as a natural meteoric nickelâiron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BCE. Nickel was first isolated and classified as a chemical element in 1751 by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who initially mistook the ore for a copper mineral.
One of the most powerful bankers of his era, J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan (1837-1913) financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations.
MORGAN YACHT - - THE COMPANY. Morgan Yacht, one of the country's leading manufacturers of fiberglass sailing. yachts, was founded by Charles E. Morgan, Jr., in 1961. His famed 40 foot racing. yawl âPaper Tigerâ, twice champion of the Southern Ocean Racing Conference. (SORC), was the catalyst in getting the company underway. During Morgan's formative years, it designed and built some of the world's largest. and finest custom sailing yachts. And in 1965, the company expanded its activities to include a series of production. yachts, designed and engineered by then company president Charles Morgan.