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.  If anyone has any data to add to this table, please send it to me at timcolton@aol.com. 
Shipbuilder Location Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Type LDT Feet Built Disposition
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   Tug 562   1900  
Wisconsin
Anderson, L. Fort Howard WI     Mentor   Cargo Ship 230   1881 Hulked 1916
Butler, J. Manitowoc WI     Mystic Star Michael Cummings Schooner 339   1873  
Butler, J. Manitowoc WI     Rube Richards J. Richards Cargo Ship 815   1881 Abandoned 1911
Cole, E.J. Green Bay WI     George Burnham C. F., G. & J. Q. Burnham Cargo Ship 332   1872 Abandoned 1921
Denis, J. Green Bay WI     W. S. Taylor Nau Tug Line Tug 318   1907 Abandoned 1931
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI     Gen. W. P. Randolph U.S. Army Minelayer 1,000   1918  
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI     Colonel Clayton U.S. Army Passenger 535   1919 Deleted 1954 and used for a clubhouse
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI     Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby U.S. Army Minelayer 694   1919 Later Ilex 1920, burnt Kingman's Cove NL 1948
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI     Colonel Card U.S. Army Passenger 535   1919 Later Mackinaw City 1923, Brig. Gen. William E. Horton 1940, wrecked Raritan Bay 1952
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI     General Rochester U.S. Army Passenger 357   1919 Later Michael Perkins 1923, scrapped 1950
Fabricated SB Milwaukee WI     Colonel Pond U.S. 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   Cargo Ship 304   1883 Later John W. Cullen 1917, abandoned 1932
Green Bay Vessel Green Bay WI     Orion Green Bay Vessel Co Cargo Ship 2,283   1901 Later Wesee 1920, burnt off Middle Sister Is 1923
Johnson, A. Green Bay WI     Philetus Sawyer   Cargo Ship 449   1884 Burnt Toledo OH 1922
Johnson, A. Green Bay WI     John Duncan J. Duncan Cargo Ship 1,267   1891 Later Howard W 1916, scrapped 1923
Johnson, A. Green Bay WI     W.L.Brown Nat. Finance Co Cargo Ship 336   1880 Foundered Peshtigo Reef 1886
Johnson, A.R. Fort Howard WI     Maggie Duncan J. Duncan Cargo Ship 535   1890 Later Mohawk 1906, wrecked Castle Hook NJ 1922
Johnson, S. Green Bay WI     W. L. Brown Nat. Finance Co Cargo Ship 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   Tug 537   1882 Later J. C. Ames 1896, scrapped 1923
Rieboldt & Wolter Sturgeon Bay WI     Sturgeon Bay U.S. Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,402   1918 Scrapped 1928
Thompson, C. Manitowoc WI     Francis Hinton H. Truman & others Cargo Ship 417   1889 Wrecked near Manitowoc 1909
Thrall, P. F. Green Bay WI     Preston P. F. Thrall Cargo Ship 575   1891 Later Harlow 1902, scrapped 1927
Thrall, P. F. Green Bay WI     Normandie P. F. Thrall Cargo Ship 567   1894 Later Marysville 1920, foundered near Belle River 1928
Universal SB Sturgeon Bay WI     Kenosha   Cargo Ship 763   1919 Scrapped 1940
Universal SB Sturgeon Bay WI     Sheboygan   Cargo Ship 763   1919 Completed by Sturgeon Bay SB, scrapped 1940
Universal SB Sturgeon Bay WI     Waukegan   Cargo Ship 763   1919 Completed by Sturgeon Bay SB, scrapped 1940
Wisconsin Stm Yacht Milwaukee WI     James H. Shrigley J. Cornfield & J. H. Shrigley Cargo Ship 459   1881 Beached off Braddock Point I. 1920
Michigan
Arnold, T. East Saginaw MI     H. D. Coffinberry C. G. King & D. K. Clint Cargo Ship 858   1874 Scrapped 1917
Arnold, T. East Saginaw MI     C. H. Green L. P. Mason, G. Corning & C. H. Green Cargo Ship 920   1881 Abandoned 1935
Bay City DD Bay City MI     George L. Colwell G. L. Colville Cargo Ship 490   1880 Foundered Cape Romain SC 1899
Callister, J. W. Grand Haven MI     Samuel Marshall T. W. Kirby Cargo Ship 775   1888 later Brantford 1921, abandoned 1924
Clark, J. P. Detroit MI     John Pridgeon, Jr. J. Pridgeon Cargo Ship 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 Cargo Ship 1,091   1903 Wrecked Point Arena 1909
Columbia IW St Clair MI 2   John C. Howard Hall Coal Co Cargo Ship 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 Cargo Ship 818   1881 Foundered off Fairport OH 1903
Crosthwaite Bay City MI     Robert A. Packer J. Kelderhouse Cargo Ship 921   1881 Later Batchwana 1906, burnt Coppermine Point 1907
Crosthwaite Bay City MI     Nevada   Cargo Ship 779   1882 Foundered off Two Rivers 1890
Crosthwaite Bay City MI     Oregon   Cargo Ship 944   1882 Wrecked and burnt Thessalon ON 1908
Daley Mount Clemens MI     Virginius W. Daley & P. Shook Schooner 422   1881 Later Thomas D. Stimson 1887, burnt 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 Cargo Ship 672   1882 Later Congercoal 1909, burnt Sodus Bay NY 1917
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI     Canisteo   Cargo Ship 595   1886 Stripped and abandoned 1921
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI     F. R. Buell Chicago Lumbering Co Cargo Ship 1,438   1888 Later Nagaho 1920, foundered near Port Colborne 1922
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI     Byron Whitaker B. Whitaker & Sons Cargo Ship 1,539   1890 Later Marian W 1916, burnt Quebec 1920
Dulac, W. Mount Clemens MI     Norwalk Shoal Water Tptn Co Cargo Ship 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 Cargo Ship 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, burnt Detour Village 1905
Hall Bros Eagle Harbor MI     Arctic   Cargo Ship 202   1913  
Heath, E. W. Benton Harbor MI     Mabel Bradshaw T. J. Waters & H. E. Bradshaw Psgr/Cargo 331   1889 Later Soo City 1907, barge 1917, abandoned 1918
Hill, J. J. Marine City MI     Santa Maria H. B. Ledyard Cargo Ship 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 Cargo Ship 865   1881 Later Falcon 1901, wrecked on South Fox I. 1909
Kirby, F. W. Grand Haven MI     Mark Hopkins M. Hopkins Cargo Ship 732   1888 Later Myron 1902, foundered near Crisp Point, 1919
Kirby, T. W. Grand Haven MI     H. S. Pickands   Passenger 625   1884 Burnt Fairport OH 1912
Laprise, M. Mount Clemens MI     R. McDonald Torrent & Farr Cargo Ship 338   1881 Later Ida M. Torrent 1883, Burnt Cross Village MI 1893
Lester, D. Marine City MI     C. F. Curtis   Cargo Ship 691   1882 Foundered near Grand Marais 1914
Lester, D. Marine City MI     Toltec Marine Transi Cargo Ship 767   1889 Burnt at Windmill Point 1919
Lester, D. Marine City MI     Aztec Marine Transit Cargo Ship 834   1889 Burnt in the Bell River 1923
Lester, D. Marine City MI     Iroquois M. P. Lester Cargo Ship 1,769   1892 Later Windsor 1910, wrecked off Duck I 1920
Lester, M. P. Marine City MI     Pawnee Pawnee Boat Co Cargo Ship 821   1888 Later Maplegulf 1920, wrecked Lake Ontario 1920
Lester, M. P. Marine City MI     Cherokee J. Hagan Cargo Ship 1,002   1889 Later Maplegrove 1919, Jed 1920, abandoned on Lake Ontario 1921
Lester, M. P. Marine City MI     Mohegan Miami Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,219   1894 Exploded in Rio de Janeiro 1919
Martell, J. B. South Haven MI     H. W. Williams H. W. Williams Psgr/Cargo 249   1888 Later Tennessee 1910, Pere Marquette 8 1913, burnt at Manistee 1927
Martell, J. B. South Haven MI     City of Kalamazoo W. H. Williams Tptn Line Passenger 728   1893 Burnt at Manistee 1911
Mechanics DD Grand Haven MI     H. C. Ackley R. W. Kirby & H. C. Ackley Cargo Ship 1,187   1881 Foundered near Holland MI 1983
Mechanics DD Grand Haven MI     J. C. Ford T. W. Kirby & others Cargo Ship 520   1889 Burnt 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 Cargo Ship 938   1887 Later Lizzie Madden 1891, burnt Saginaw Bay 1907
Oades, J. Detroit MI     Charles Hebard C. Hebard Cargo Ship 763   1888 Wrecked Point Mamainse 1902
Oades, J. Detroit MI     John Oades H. W. Dyas Cargo Ship 1,455   1890 Barge 1925, deleted 1931
Perene, J.C. South Haven MI     J. D. Marshall J. C. Perene Cargo Ship 531   1891 Capsized near Gary IN 1911
Randall, J. H. Benton Harbor MI     Lora   Cargo Ship 616   1882 Later Alice Stafford 1897, Manistee 1905, burnt Ferrysburg 1914
Randall, J. H. Benton Harbor MI     City of St. Joseph   Psgr/Cargo 464   1883 Later S. K. Martin 1888, foundered near Erie PA 1912
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI     Helena C. H. Starke Cargo Ship 2,083   1888 Wrecked Sunken Chicken Reef 1918
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI     Marion J. E. Danaher Cargo Ship 1,206   1889 Later Charles Horn 1922, burnt Point Peter 1926
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI     John Schroeder J. Schroeder Cargo Ship 372   1890 Later William A. Hazard 1911, abandoned 1934
Rieboldt & Wolter Sheboygan MI     E. A. Shores, Jr C. H. Starke Cargo Ship 519   1892 Scrapped 1936
Rogers & Bird Saugatuck MI     City of Holland Holland & Chicago Tptn Passenger 439   1893 Later Melbourne 1910, Clarence E. LeBeau 1919, burnt Toledo OH 1922
Wheeler, C. East Saginaw MI     Hiram W.Sibley B. Boutell Cargo Ship 1,418   1890 Wrecked South Fox Is 1898
Unknown Port Huron MI     Marigold (WAGL 235) U.S. Revenue Service Tender 587   1890 Sold 1946
Unknown Wyandotte MI     Hyacinth (WAGL 221) U.S. Revenue Service Tender 950   1903 Sold 1946
Ohio
Cameron, A. New Jerusalem OH     Music   Cargo Ship 320   1874 Burnt at Onekama MI 1899
Dimmers, Charles Cleveland OH     Grouper   Tug     1912  
Fries, V. Abbot Bridge OH     William Edwards V. Fries Cargo Ship 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 Cargo Ship 2,282   1887 Burnt 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 Cargo Ship 1,191   1880 In collision and sank Munising 1889
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH 2   Republic Republic Iron Co Inc Cargo Ship 1,343   1881 Later Marquette 1890, foundered off Michigan Is 1903
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH 3   Columbia J. C. Lockwood & others Cargo Ship 1,373   1881 Later Dougalmac 1920, scrapped 1921
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH     Specular   Cargo Ship 1,741   1882 In collision and lost on Lake Erie 1900
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH     Continental   Cargo Ship 1,586   1882 Wrecked near Twin River LH 1904
Presley-Globe Cleveland OH     Colonial   Cargo Ship 1,501   1882 Wrecked off Rondeau ON 1914
Root, H. D. Lorain OH     H. Luella Worthington G. H. & J. M. Worthington Cargo Ship 375   1880 Later N. J. Nessen 1903, wrecked in Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie, 1929
Root, H. D. Lorain OH     H. S. Hubbell   Cargo Ship 398   1882 Exploded and burnt off Poverty Island 1888
Root, H. D. Lorain OH     D. Leuty   Cargo Ship 646   1882 Wrecked Light House Point, Marquette 1911
Root, H. D. Lorain OH     W. P. Thew   Cargo Ship 139   1884 In collision and lost off Thunder Bay Island 1909
Root, H. D. Lorain OH     Albert Y. Gowen Kelley Island Lime & Tpt Co Cargo Ship 213   1888 Converted to dredger 1896
Shipowners DD Cleveland OH     Pasadena M. A. Bradley Cargo Ship 1,760   1889 Wrecked in Portage Lake Canal 1906
Shipowners DD Cleveland OH     Hesper M. A. Bradley Cargo Ship 1,858   1890 Wrecked on Silver Bay Reef 1905
Smith, L. P.& J. A. Cleveland OH     Margaret Olwill L. P. & J. A. Smith Cargo Ship 925   1887 Capsized and sank off Lorain 1899
Standard Contract Cleveland OH     James H.Cassidy   Tug 110   1912  
Toledo Foundry Toledo OH     Brian Boru   Dredge 348   1889  
Unknown Cleveland OH     James Pickands   Cargo Ship 1,545   1886 Abandoned 1914
Unknown Cleveland OH     William A. Field   Tug 114   1909  
Unknown Grassy Point OH     Richard F. Young   Cargo Ship 268   1915  
Illinois
Miller Bros Chicago IL     Boscobel The Peshtigo Co Cargo Ship 610   1881 Later Ottawa 1904, burnt 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, now 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  
Unknown Grafton IL     Minneapolis   Tug 250   1915 Later Bunker Power
Unknown Grafton IL     Le Clair   Tug 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 Cargo Ship 722   1880 Probably a rebuild of a ship built in 1866, burnt near Big Summer I. 1898
Jones, F. N. Buffalo NY     Clyde F. L. Danforth Cargo Ship 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   Cargo Ship 1,273   1884 Burnt Mud Lake, St Mary's River, 1909
Mills, R. Buffalo NY     Wyoming Lackawanna Tptn Co Cargo Ship 1,492   1887 Later Mapleglen 1920, scuttled Lake Ontario 1925
Mills, R. Buffalo NY     Robert Mills J. Rice & others Cargo Ship 1,790   1888 Later Fellowcraft 1918, scrapped 1928
Mills, R. Buffalo NY     Florida Lackawanna Tptn Co Cargo Ship 2,103   1889 Sank between Middle I and Presque Isle, 1897
Strong Tptn Co Tonawanda NY     Eliza H. Strong W. H. Strong & others Cargo Ship 781   1899 Burnt off Port Sanilac 1904
Unknown Buffalo NY     Alaska   Cargo Ship 1,288   1871 Scrapped 1893
Unknown Buffalo NY     Alaska   Cargo Ship 1,288   1871  
Unknown Clayton NY     St.Lawrence   Passenger 312   1884 Scrapped 1926
Unknown 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