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Other Pre-WWI Shipbuilders

On The Great Lakes and Inland Waterways

Most recent update: May 3, 2016.

This table attempts to cover those other shipbuilders located on the Great Lakes and Inland Waterways that were active in the years between the Civil War and World War One.

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Builder Location O/N Name Customer Type LDT LOA Built Notes
Missouri
Allen and Blaisdale South St. Louis MO Santiago 168 1881
Allen and Blaisdale South St. Louis MO Susie Hazard 98 1881
Allen and Blaisdale South St. Louis MO Kansas Millers 34 1885
Chouteau, Harrison St Louis MO Bessie 99 1876
Chouteau, Harrison St Louis MO Indianola 52 1877
Chouteau, Harrison St Louis MO Sigma 36 1879
St. Louis Steel barge St Louis MO McDougall tugboat 562 1900
Wisconsin
Anderson, L. Fort Howard WI Mentor freighter 230 1881 hulked 1916
Butler, J. Manitowoc WI Mystic Star Michael Cummings schooner 339 1873
Butler, J. Manitowoc WI Rube Richards J. Richards freighter 815 1881 abandoned 1911
Cole, E.J. Green Bay WI George Burnham C. F., G. & J. Q. Burnham freighter 332 1872 abandoned 1921
Denis, J. Green Bay WI W. S. Taylor Nau Tug Line tugboat 318 1907 abandoned 1931
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI Gen. W. P. Randolph US Army minelayer 1,000 1918
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI Colonel Clayton US Army passenger 535 1919 deleted 1954 and used for a clubhouse
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby US Army minelayer 694 1919 later Ilex 1920, burned Kingman's Cove NL 1948
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI Colonel Card US Army passenger 535 1919 later Mackinaw City 1923, Brig. Gen. William E. Horton 1940, wrecked Raritan Bay 1952
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI General Rochester US Army passenger 357 1919 later Michael Perkins 1923, scrapped 1950
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI Colonel Pond US Army passenger 535 1919 later Saint Ignace 1923, Brig. Gen. Arthur W. Yates 1940, wrecked Raritan Bay, 1952
Fitzgerald, J. Milwaukee WI Geo. C. Markham freighter 304 1883 later John W. Cullen 1917, abandoned 1932
Green Bay Vessel Green Bay WI Orion Green Bay Vessel Co freighter 2,283 1901 later Wesee 1920, burned off Middle Sister Is 1923
Johnson, A. Green Bay WI Philetus Sawyer freighter 449 1884 burned Toledo OH 1922
Johnson, A. Green Bay WI John Duncan J. Duncan freighter 1,267 1891 later Howard W 1916, scrapped 1923
Johnson, A. Green Bay WI W.L.Brown Nat. Finance Co freighter 336 1880 foundered Peshtigo Reef 1886
Johnson, A.R. Fort Howard WI Maggie Duncan J. Duncan freighter 535 1890 later Mohawk 1906, wrecked Castle Hook NJ 1922
Johnson, S. Green Bay WI W. L. Brown Nat. Finance Co freighter 336 1880 foundered Peshtigo Reef 1886
Rand & Burger Manitowoc WI City of Ludington Goodrich Tpt passenger 842 1880 later Georgia 1898, hulked 1924, scuttled 1932
Rand & Burger Manitowoc WI J. C. Perrett tugboat 537 1882 later J. C. Ames 1896, scrapped 1923
Rieboldt & Wolter Sturgeon Bay WI Sturgeon Bay USSB freighter 2,402 1918 scrapped 1928
Thompson, C. Manitowoc WI Francis Hinton H. Truman & others freighter 417 1889 wrecked near Manitowoc 1909
Thrall, P. F. Green Bay WI Preston P. F. Thrall freighter 575 1891 later Harlow 1902, scrapped 1927
Thrall, P. F. Green Bay WI Normandie P. F. Thrall freighter 567 1894 later Marysville 1920, foundered near Belle River 1928
Universal SB Sturgeon Bay WI Kenosha freighter 763 1919 scrapped 1940
Universal SB Sturgeon Bay WI Sheboygan freighter 763 1919 completed by Sturgeon Bay SB, scrapped 1940
Universal SB Sturgeon Bay WI Waukegan freighter 763 1919 completed by Sturgeon Bay SB, scrapped 1940
Wisconsin Stm Yacht Milwaukee WI James H. Shrigley J. Cornfield & J. H. Shrigley freighter 459 1881 beached off Braddock Point I. 1920
Michigan
Arnold, T. East Saginaw MI H. D. Coffinberry C. G. King & D. K. Clint freighter 858 1874 scrapped 1917
Arnold, T. East Saginaw MI C. H. Green L. P. Mason, G. Corning & C. H. Green freighter 920 1881 abandoned 1935
Bay City DD Bay City MI George L. Colwell G. L. Colville freighter 490 1880 foundered Cape Romain SC-1899
Callister, J. W. Grand Haven MI Samuel Marshall T. W. Kirby freighter 775 1888 later Brantford 1921, abandoned 1924
Clark, J. P. Detroit MI John Pridgeon, Jr. J. Pridgeon freighter 1,211 1875 foundered near Cleveland OH 1909
Clark, J. P. Detroit MI Pearl passenger 551 1875 later Crystal 1901, abandoned Buffalo NY 1907
Columbia IW St Clair MI 1 Winnebago Iroquois Transit Co freighter 1,091 1903 wrecked Point Arena 1909
Columbia IW St Clair MI 2 John C. Howard Hall Coal Co freighter 1,244 1903 later Melville Dollar 1908, Jinyo Maru 1917, Shin Ping 1920, scrapped 1930
Crosthwaite Bay City MI Queen of the West J. Kelderhouse freighter 818 1881 foundered off Fairport OH 1903
Crosthwaite Bay City MI Robert A. Packer J. Kelderhouse freighter 921 1881 later Batchwana 1906, burned Coppermine Point 1907
Crosthwaite Bay City MI Nevada freighter 779 1882 foundered off Two Rivers 1890
Crosthwaite Bay City MI Oregon freighter 944 1882 wrecked and burned Thessalon ON 1908
Daley Mount Clemens MI Virginius W. Daley & P. Shook schooner 422 1881 later Thomas D. Stimson 1887, burned St Clair Flats 1903
Detroit Boat Works Detroit MI Visitor 70 1892
Detroit Boat Works Detroit MI Cynthia yacht 103 1895
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI A. Weston Chicago Lumbering Co freighter 672 1882 later Congercoal 1909, burned Sodus Bay NY 1917
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI Canisteo freighter 595 1886 stripped and abandoned 1921
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI F. R. Buell Chicago Lumbering Co freighter 1,438 1888 later Nagaho 1920, foundered near Port Colborne 1922
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI Byron Whitaker B. Whitaker & Sons freighter 1,539 1890 later Marian W 1916, burned Quebec 1920
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI Norwalk Shoal Water Tptn Co freighter 1,007 1891 foundered near Cozumel 1917
Elliott, J. Allegan MI C. W. Moore W. Turnbull & C. W. Moore passenger 383 1881 abandoned 1922
Elliott, J. Saugatuck MI Frank Woods R. C. Brittain freighter 269 1888 abandoned Chicago 1940
Elliott, J. Saugatuck MI Charles McVea R. C. Brittain passenger 264 1888 stripped and abandoned 1928
Elliott, J. Saugatuck MI R. C. Reid R. Reid & R. C. Brittain passenger 322 1889 later City of Louisville 1895, Harriet A. Hart 1902, burned Detour Village 1905
Hall Bros Eagle Harbor MI Arctic freighter 202 1913
Heath, E. W. Benton Harbor MI Mabel Bradshaw T. J. Waters & H. E. Bradshaw passenger freighter 331 1889 later Soo City 1907, barge 1917, abandoned 1918
Hill, J. J. Marine City MI Santa Maria H. B. Ledyard freighter 982 1893 later L. Edward Hines 1903, foundered off Belize 1916
Kenyon, A.P. Saginaw MI Charles H. Davis J. H. Price barge 390 1881 Powered 1893, foundered off Cleveland 1903
King, G. Marine City MI Kate Buttironi K. & H. Buttironi freighter 865 1881 later Falcon 1901, wrecked on South Fox I. 1909
Kirby, F. W. Grand Haven MI Mark Hopkins M. Hopkins freighter 732 1888 later Myron 1902, foundered near Crisp Point, 1919
Kirby, T. W. Grand Haven MI H. S. Pickands passenger 625 1884 burned Fairport OH 1912
Laprise, M. Mount Clemens MI R. McDonald Torrent & Farr freighter 338 1881 later Ida M. Torrent 1883, burned Cross Village MI 1893
Lester, D. Marine City MI C. F. Curtis freighter 691 1882 foundered near Grand Marais 1914
Lester, D. Marine City MI Toltec Marine Transi freighter 767 1889 burned at Windmill Point 1919
Lester, D. Marine City MI Aztec Marine Transit freighter 834 1889 burned in the Bell River 1923
Lester, D. Marine City MI Iroquois M. P. Lester freighter 1,769 1892 later Windsor 1910, wrecked off Duck I 1920
Lester, M. P. Marine City MI Pawnee Pawnee Boat Co freighter 821 1888 later Maplegulf 1920, wrecked Lake Ontario 1920
Lester, M. P. Marine City MI Cherokee J. Hagan freighter 1,002 1889 later Maplegrove 1919, Jed 1920, abandoned on Lake Ontario 1921
Lester, M. P. Marine City MI Mohegan Miami Tptn Co freighter 1,219 1894 exploded in Rio de Janeiro 1919
Martell, J. B. South Haven MI H. W. Williams H. W. Williams passenger freighter 249 1888 later Tennessee 1910, Pere Marquette 8 1913, burned at Manistee 1927
Martell, J. B. South Haven MI City of Kalamazoo W. H. Williams Tptn Line passenger 728 1893 burned at Manistee 1911
Mechanics DD Grand Haven MI H. C. Ackley R. W. Kirby & H. C. Ackley freighter 1,187 1881 foundered near Holland MI 1983
Mechanics DD Grand Haven MI J. C. Ford T. W. Kirby & others freighter 520 1889 burned at Detour MI 1924
Oades, J. Detroit MI Minnie M. passenger 447 1884 later Rising Sun 1913, wrecked off Pyramid Point 1917
Oades, J. Detroit MI Chenango C. D. & J. W. Waterman freighter 938 1887 later Lizzie Madden 1891, burned Saginaw Bay 1907
Oades, J. Detroit MI Charles Hebard C. Hebard freighter 763 1888 wrecked Point Mamainse 1902
Oades, J. Detroit MI John Oades H. W. Dyas freighter 1,455 1890 barge 1925, deleted 1931
Perene, J.C. South Haven MI J. D. Marshall J. C. Perene freighter 531 1891 capsized near Gary IN 1911
Randall, J. H. Benton Harbor MI Lora freighter 616 1882 later Alice Stafford 1897, Manistee 1905, burned Ferrysburg 1914
Randall, J. H. Benton Harbor MI City of St. Joseph passenger freighter 464 1883 later S. K. Martin 1888, foundered near Erie PA 1912
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI Helena C. H. Starke freighter 2,083 1888 wrecked Sunken Chicken Reef 1918
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI Marion J. E. Danaher freighter 1,206 1889 later Charles Horn 1922, burned Point Peter 1926
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI John Schroeder J. Schroeder freighter 372 1890 later William A. Hazard 1911, abandoned 1934
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI E. A. Shores, Jr C. H. Starke freighter 519 1892 scrapped 1936
Rogers & Bird Saugatuck MI City of Holland Holland & Chicago Transportation passenger 439 1893 later Melbourne 1910, Clarence E. LeBeau 1919, burned Toledo OH 1922
Wheeler, C. East Saginaw MI Hiram W.Sibley B. Boutell freighter 1,418 1890 wrecked South Fox Is 1898
Port Huron MI Marigold (WAGL-235) U.S. Revenue Service tender 587 1890 sold 1946
Wyandotte MI Hyacinth (WAGL-221) U.S. Revenue Service tender 950 1903 sold 1946
Ohio
Cameron, A. New Jerusalem OH Music freighter 320 1874 burned at Onekama MI 1899
Dimmers, Charles Cleveland OH Grouper tugboat 1912
Fries, V. Abbot Bridge OH William Edwards V. Fries freighter 1,336 1879 foundered off Cape Pine NL 1917
Mork, J. E. Sandusky OH A. Wehrle, Jr. A. Wehrle Jr passenger 421 1889 hulked 1920
Murphy & Miller Cleveland OH Aurora J. Corrigan freighter 2,282 1887 burned Amhurstburg 1898, converted to barge
Ohio SB Cleveland OH A Penguin trawler 378 1919 later La Servannais 1940, scrapped 1946
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH 1 Smith Moore H. H. Brown, F. W. Pelton freighter 1,191 1880 collision and sank Munising 1889
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH 2 Republic Republic Iron Co Inc freighter 1,343 1881 later Marquette 1890, foundered off Michigan Is 1903
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH 3 Columbia J. C. Lockwood & others freighter 1,373 1881 later Dougalmac 1920, scrapped 1921
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH Specular freighter 1,741 1882 collision and lost on Lake Erie 1900
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH Continental freighter 1,586 1882 wrecked near Twin River LH 1904
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH Colonial freighter 1,501 1882 wrecked off Rondeau ON 1914
Root, H. D. Lorain OH H. Luella Worthington G. H. & J. M. Worthington freighter 375 1880 later N. J. Nessen 1903, wrecked in Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, 1929
Root, H. D. Lorain OH H. S. Hubbell freighter 398 1882 exploded and burned off Poverty Island 1888
Root, H. D. Lorain OH D. Leuty freighter 646 1882 wrecked Light House Point, Marquette 1911
Root, H. D. Lorain OH W. P. Thew freighter 139 1884 collision and lost off Thunder Bay Island 1909
Root, H. D. Lorain OH Albert Y. Gowen Kelley Island Lime & Tpt Co freighter 213 1888 converted to dredger 1896
Shipowners DD Cleveland OH Pasadena M. A. Bradley freighter 1,760 1889 wrecked in Portage Lake Canal 1906
Shipowners DD Cleveland OH Hesper M. A. Bradley freighter 1,858 1890 wrecked on Silver Bay Reef 1905
Smith, L. P.& J. A. Cleveland OH Margaret Olwill L. P. & J. A. Smith freighter 925 1887 capsized and sank off Lorain 1899
Standard Contract Cleveland OH James H.Cassidy tugboat 110 1912
Toledo Foundry Toledo OH Brian Boru dredge 348 1889
Cleveland OH James Pickands freighter 1,545 1886 abandoned 1914
Cleveland OH William A. Field tugboat 114 1909
Grassy Point OH Richard F. Young freighter 268 1915
Illinois
Miller Bros Chicago IL Boscobel The Peshtigo Co freighter 610 1881 later Ottawa 1904, burned in Redcliff WI 1909
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Emma Della 7 1905
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Carrie Lee 11 1906
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Delena 14 1908
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Jinks yacht 17 1910
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL J. Frank Hicks 11 1910
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Hustler 9 1910
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Nixona 11 1910
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Pontiac 8 1910
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL War Chief 10 1910
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Dooley 9 1911
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Mira 18 1912
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Doraetta 8 1912
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Sheldonia II 9 1912
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Irene 9 1913
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Redwing 9 1913
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL J. B. Haverstick 10 1913
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Kate 11 1914
Ripley Hardware Grafton IL Lady 8 1914
Shipowners DD Chicago IL 200669 No. 15 Milwaukee Fire Dept. fireboat 194 1903 later Lawrence C. Turner 1952, tug Ohio 1973, in Nat. Mus. of the G.L.
Smith, J. P. Chicago IL Vernon passenger 694 1886 foundered off Two Rivers 1887
Springfield Boiler Springfield IL Erastus Wells 541 1907
Grafton IL Minneapolis tugboat 250 1915 later Bunker Power
Grafton IL Le Clair tugboat 175 1915
New York
Dunbar & Sullivan Buffalo NY Hurricane dredge 191 1909
Dunbar, Harris T. Buffalo NY Gold Standard barge 222 1895
Dunbar, Harris T. Buffalo NY Cuba Libre barge 195 1895
Dunbar, Harris T. Buffalo NY No. 1 232 1895
Dunbar, Harris T. Buffalo NY Protective Policy barge 339 1896
Hingston & Co. Buffalo NY Theodore E. Cowles 33 1905
Hingston & Co. Buffalo NY Trenton 517 1905
Hitchcock Buffalo NY Keystone J. S. Duncan freighter 722 1880 probably a rebuild of a ship built in 1866, burned near Big Summer I. 1898
Jones, F. N. Buffalo NY Clyde F. L. Danforth freighter 1,549 1881 later Stanstead 1914, Colin W 1917, scrapped 1921
Lawler's Marine Clifton NY Southfield ferry 758 1882 hulked 1908
Mills, R. Buffalo NY Monteagle freighter 1,273 1884 burned Mud Lake, St Mary's River, 1909
Mills, R. Buffalo NY Wyoming Lackawanna Tptn Co freighter 1,492 1887 later Mapleglen 1920, scuttled Lake Ontario 1925
Mills, R. Buffalo NY Robert Mills J. Rice & others freighter 1,790 1888 later Fellowcraft 1918, scrapped 1928
Mills, R. Buffalo NY Florida Lackawanna Tptn Co freighter 2,103 1889 sank between Middle I and Presque Isle, 1897
Strong Tptn Co Tonawanda NY Eliza H. Strong W. H. Strong & others freighter 781 1899 burned off Port Sanilac 1904
Buffalo NY Alaska freighter 1,288 1871 scrapped 1893
Buffalo NY Alaska freighter 1,288 1871
Clayton NY St.Lawrence passenger 312 1884 scrapped 1926
Clayton NY Ontario passenger 444 1884 later Protector 1891, Isla da Cuba 1903, deleted 1913
Tennessee
Southern Boiler Memphis TN Iola tanker 14 1909
Southern Boiler Memphis TN Bob Lee, Jr. Lee Line Steamers passenger 200 1911

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