Toronto Drydock Company is a shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...

 repair company in Canada

Canada

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 and the name of two shipbuilders in the 19th and 20th Centuries respectively.

The first Toronto Dry Dock Company was established in 1847 by William Botsford Jarvis in the Province of Canada to build ships to ply the waters of the Great Lakes.

Another Toronto Dry Dock Company Limited was established in 1917 (and acquired shipbuilding business from Patrick Dixon and son Harry J. Dixon) under the Ontario Companies Act to build larger ships and remained in business until 1964 and was later acquired as part of the Port Weller Dry Docks.

The facilities were sold following the bankruptcy of Port Weller by Seaway Marine & Industrial Incorporated in 2006.

The current Toronto Drydock is a small marine repair facility built from the former Great Lakes pulpwood

Pulpwood

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 carrier Menier Consol and located in the eastern Portland area near Keating Channel.

History of Shipbuilding in Toronto

Shipbuilding in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 dates back to the period when shipping was isolated to the Great Lakes. Early ship builders were conducted by the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 for use in the Great Lakes.

Toronto was never made famous as a major ship building port, but the industry did exist.

Polson Iron Works was a major builder of steamers in the 1900s. Established in Toronto in 1883, the Iron Works went bankrupt after World War I

World War I

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 due to lack of tariff protection.

A number of other builders dotted along Toronto:

• Rouge River
• Humber River
• Credit River

The Rouge River's ship building was linked to the prolific lumber industry. The ship building industry ranged between 1810 to 1856.

Most of the ships were used for passenger and to carry potash, grain and lumber between Oswego, New York

Oswego, New York

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 and Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, then called York.

A list of ships built in Toronto:

Product list and details

Make/Model	Description	Fleet size	Year acquired	Year retired	Notes
HMS Arcturus	naval warship	1	1942		Toronto Drydocks Limited
Mayflower	ferry	1	1890		Bathurst Street Wharf Bathurst Street Wharf Bathurst Street Wharf was a series of shipyards located between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue along Lake Shore Boulevard West.-Early years:...
Primrose	ferry	1	1890		Bathurst Street Wharf Bathurst Street Wharf Bathurst Street Wharf was a series of shipyards located between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue along Lake Shore Boulevard West.-Early years:...
Bluebell	ferry	1	1906		built by Polson Iron Works Limited
Trillium	ferry	1	1910		built by Polson Iron Works Limited
Kwasind	passenger ferry	1	1913		built by Polson Iron Works Limited for RCYC
William Inglis	ferry	1	1935		by Toronto Drydock Company
Sam McBride	ferry	1	1939		by Toronto Drydock Company
Duke of York	schooner	1	1820		built by Capt. Hadley
City of Toronto	wood ship	1	1855		built for Allan Lines