Cowles Shipyard

Cowles Shipyard, Buffalo NY

Cowles Shipyard Co. was started in 1899 by Benjamin L. Cowles, the owner of Cowles Towing: it closed in 1934 but does not seem to have built any new boats after WWI. If anyone can tell me where exactly this shipyard was, and/or add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 4 May 2016.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Built	Disposition
	93098	Major Symons	Cowles Towing	Tug	43	1900	Later J. E. Carroll 1921, T. V. O'Connor 1930, abandoned 1940
	93155	Major Kingman	Cowles Towing	Tug	47	1901	Abandoned 1928
	200072	Planet	William Wilson	Tug	24	1903	Later Racey 1909 (Canada ON 100630), Paul Evans 1953, Racey 1982, Bytown Pumper 1990, The S. S. Pumper 1997, active
	201991	Theodore E. Cowles	Cowles Towing	Tug	33	1905	Later Joe Van 1955, active
	204106	John Kelderhouse	Empire Engineering	Tug	100	1907	Later Sachem 1911, Derek E 1990, active
	205063	Walter Mattick	Cowles Towing	Tug	102	1908	Later Merchant 1919, to USACOE 1924 as Marinette, sold 1947 as Esther S (Canada ON 179138), Mount Mackay 1966, active
	205312	Erastus C. Knight	Frank P. Coyle	Tug	47	1908	Later Aubrey 1918, Edward E. Gillen 1964, sank off Milwaukee 1981
	205618	Grover Cleveland	City of Buffalo PD	Passenger	59	1908	To USAQMD 1918, sold 1920 as Newarker, retired 1971
8	163797	Lackawanna		Dredge	331	1909
	206433	Favorite		Passenger	155	1909
	207404	Crescent		Cargo	385	1910
		Erie		Tanker	14	1911
	209385	Frank Lenahan		Tug	35	1911
	210695	John Henry		Tug	35	1912
	211249	Hedge Wickwire	Wickwire Steel	Tug	83	1913	Later Liberty 1916, Matton 20 1936, scrapped 1974
	211702	Colonel Ward	Cowles Towing	Tug	41	1913	Later Ross Coddington 1924, Joseph J. Olivieri 1966, John Michael 1980, active
	212807	Arthur Schoellkopf		Tug	15	1914
	212902	Samuel J. Dark	Cowles Towing	Tug	58	1914	Later William R. Panton 1940, Wilcox II 1965, active
	213036	Wm. D. Kropp	William D. Kropp	Tug	33	1915	Active

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