The West Bay City Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1876 at West Bay City, Michigan (now part of
Bay City) by
Frank W. Wheeler
Frank Willis Wheeler (March 2, 1853 – August 9, 1921) was a shipbuilder and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Wheeler was born in Chaumont, New York attended the common schools. In 1864, he moved with his parents to East ...
who was a ship captain on the
Great Lakes, a
shipbuilder and a politician. The yard started life as Wheeler & Crane. In 1880 it was renamed to F. W. Wheeler Company, and in 1889 it was renamed again to Frank W. Wheeler & Company. It was based on the
Saginaw River close to Third Street. In 1899 Captain Frank W. Wheeler sold his yard to the
American Ship Building Company
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the World War II, Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed ...
who renamed the yard West Bay City Shipbuilding Company. The yard closed in 1908 after they built the steamer ''W.R. Woodford''.
Ships built
References
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Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States