Empire Shipbuilding

Buffalo NY

Most recent update: October 15, 2016.

In the late 19th century, Bateman, McDougall & Palmer operated a repair yard in Buffalo's Erie Basin. In about 1900, they acquired the assets of Dunbar & Sullivan and relocated the shipbuilding equipment to Buffalo, incorporating the new business as Empire Shipbuilding Company. Unfortunately, they went bankrupt in 1911. The yard stretched from Carolina Street to West Genesee Street. See the site from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Built Notes
205008 John A. Baker tanker 11 1902
201164 Batavia Lehigh Valley Coal Sales bulk freighter 202 1904 to Canada 1938 as Handy Boy (ON 138143)
162183 Kathryn barge 629 1904
163007 Drill No. 2 scow 325 1904
Pennsylvania 532 1904
162434 Mutual scow 441 1905
202323 C. H. Conover Merchants Lighterage lighter 203 1905 later Industry 1924, foundered 1953 off Lansing Shoal
203110 Protector City of Chicago fire tugboat 144 1906 later Michael W. Conway 1907, abandoned 1924
203503 Erie George Berriman bulk freighter 290 1906 scrapped 1981
163078 No. 9 Starke Dredge & Dock dredge 959 1906 abandoned 1980
164147 Faith Western Transit barge 705 1906 retired 2012
B. 1 433 1906
B. 2 483 1906
204352 Myron L. Hyman D. Hyman Co dredge 404 1907 foundered in Long Island Sound 1962
205673 America dredge 297 1908
164933 B. 3 scow 315 1908
164934 B. 4 scow 315 1908
164002 Drill No. 5 scow 526 1908
207020 Eureka Eureka Tug Co. tugboat 44 1909 to Canada 1921 as T. J. Scott, scrapped 1958
No. 1 269 1909
208863 United Shores Buffalo & Fort Erie ferry ferry 336 1911 to French Navy 1917 as Sioux

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