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 |