Ships' Plans and Line Drawings Collection
of The Great Lakes Historical Society

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The Great Lakes Historical Society has an extensive collection of original line drawings (and some blueprints) of Great Lakes vessels. These drawings provide a fascinating perspective on the design process of these vessels, and serve as a valuable tool for model builders.

Due to the length of the list, it has been broken down by shipyard. Click on each shipyard to view the listing of vessels built in that yard; they are arranged by last name. To find a particular vessel, use the Find (Control-F) Command on your web browser.

Total Vessels Represented: 1,000 approx. Total Plans: 20,000 approx.

Vessels Sorted by Shipyards

American Ship Building Co.. and Predecessors
American Shipbuilding Co. - Cleveland, Lorain, Toledo
American Steel Barge Co.
Buffalo Dry Dock Co.
Chicago Shipbuilding Co.
Cleveland Shipbuilding Co.
John Craig & Son
Craig Shipbuilding Co.
Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Detroit Ship Building Co.
Frank Wheeler & Co.
Globe Iron Works
Superior Ship Building Co.
Toledo Ship Building Co.
Union Dry Dock Co.
West Bay Ship Building Co.
Western Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

Other Great Lakes Shipyards (Following Links Not Yet Active...Coming Soon)
Bay Shipbuilding Corp.
Burton S. Goodsell
Channel Steel Hull Corp.
Christy Corp.
Collinwood Shipyards, Ltd.
Defoe Shipbuilding Co.
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Great Lakes Towing Corp. - Dunham Towing & Wrecking Co.
Great Lakes Towing Corp.
Hans Hansen Welding
Interlake Engineering Co.
Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co.
Manitowoc Dry Dock Co.
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.
Marine Steel & Welding Co.