The twin ports-Superior, Wisconsin, Duluth, Minnesota

Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. was a large-scale

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ship manufacturing

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, located at

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. Walter Butler purchased the shipyard from Lake Superior Shipbuilding in 1942. Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. was at E 1st St, Superior, Wisconsin. The shipyard was located on the western part of

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. Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. was found by Walter Butler in 1942 to built

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s for World War II. Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., the

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and the

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(now

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) were called the Twin Ports shipbuilding industry of

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and

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. Once built the ships can travel to the

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through the

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and the

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. To expand operations and built more ships the Emergency Shipbuilding Program, Walter Butler purchased the Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding at 110 Spring Street,

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, now the site of the West Duluth's Spirit Lake Marina. The Duluth shipyard was located on St. Louis River Estuary 6 miles west of the Superior shipyard. The shipyard was called Walter Butler Shipbuilders-Duluth. At the Duluth shipyards built were C1-M type ships. The Superior and Duluth shipyards closed in August 1945, as all war contacts ended and there was a surplus of ships at the end of the war. In 1950 the Superior shipyard site became the Enbridge Ogdensburg Pier that serves the inland Enbridge's Superior Terminal.

Butler Brothers

Walter Butler shipbuilding was a family company started in 1877 as the Butler Brothers Shipbuilders, then later called Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. The brother pass the yard to Robert Butler (1897-1955). After the war Robert Butler was appointed

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in 1946. The Butler Brothers started as an

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company in Cooley and Nashwauk, Minnesota in the 1920s and 1930s. Butler Brothers sold the company to the Hanna Mining Company. The Butler Brothers were: Walter (1858-1933),

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(1866–1939), Emmett (1870-1870), Cooley (1868-1965), John (1876-1926), Willian (1864-1916). They start as the group that ran the Butler Brothers Construction Company''. Pierce Butler was the legal counsel for the Butler Brothers construction company. The Butler Brothers father was Patrick Butler (1824 - 1900) born in

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and came to America when he was 20. Patrick married Mary Ann Gaffney on February 11, 1850, in Galena, Illinois. They came to Minnesota in 1856. Walter Butler was born in

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on July 6, 1858. Walter went to

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. In 1880 he became a bricklayer and moved to

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. His brothers also moved to Saint Paul and stated Butler Brothers Construction partnership in 1887. Butler Brothers Construction first large contract was building Macalester College in Saint Paul. Next large contract was in 1904 to build

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. Other projects included working on the House wing of the North Dakota State Capitol (1903) and Detroit River Tunnel (1906-1910). In 1884 Walter Butler married Rose Sweeny, they had five children, Rose died in 1901, Walter remarried in October 1902 to Helen Wood. Walter Butler died on October 28, 1933, at the age of 75.

Walter Butler Superior shipyard

Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. Superior shipyard built ships under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program: Rovigo in Malta

N3-S-A1: Type N3 ship, 2,905 DWT cargo ship, length: 258 feet (78.87 m), most sent to Britain, built in 1943: * John W. Arey Hull # 1 Ship ID 169573 (sank 1971) * Rodney Baxter Hull # 2 Ship ID 169619 (sank 1972 and again in 1974 ) * Richard Bearse Hull # 3 Ship ID 169608 * William Brewster Hull # 4 Ship ID 169922 * William Bursley Hull # 5 Ship ID 169577 (mined 1945, collision 1954, wrecked 1964) * Ashman J. Clough Hull # 6 Ship ID 169602 (torpedoed sank 1944) * Calvin Coggin Hull # 7 Ship ID 169600 * Jesse G. Cotting Hull # 8 Ship ID 169613 * Josiah P. Cressey Hull # 9 Ship ID 169596 (sank 1949) * Tully Crosby Hull # 10 Ship ID 169601 (sank 1965) * Elkanah Crowell Hull # 11 Ship ID 169612 * Justin Doane Hull # 12 Ship ID 169618 (sank 1950) * Asa Eldridge Hull # 13 Ship ID 169711 * Anthony Enright Hull # 14 Ship ID 169607 * Watson Ferris Hull # 15 Ship ID 169713 * Bailey Foster Hull # 16 Ship ID 169675 * Gurden Gates Hull # 17 Ship ID 169665 (burnt abandoned 1967) USS Peoria (PF-67) off Charleston, South Carolina (USA), circa in June 1945 (19-N-84718)

USS Peoria (PF-67) off Charleston, South Carolina (USA), circa in June 1945 (19-N-84718)

S2-S2-AQ1 Tacoma-class frigate, length 303 feet, built in 1944: * Moses Gay Hull # 18 Ship ID 169727 * Hull # 19 Ship ID PF 22 * Hull # 20 Ship ID PF 23 * Hull # 21 Ship ID PF 24 * Hull # 22 Ship ID PF 25 * Hull # 23 Ship ID PF 26 * Hull # 24 Ship ID PF 27 * Hull # 25 Ship ID PF 28 * Hull # 26 Ship ID PF 29 * Hull # 27 Ship ID PF 30 * Hull # 28 Ship ID PF 31 * Hull # 29 Ship ID PF 32 * Hull # 30 Ship ID PF 33 USSFomalhautAK-22

C1-M-AV1 Cargo ship type C1, length 338 feet, 5,032 DWT, with one large diesel engine, built in 1944 and 1945: * Hull # 31 Ship ID AK 182 * Hull # 32 Ship ID AK 183 * Hull # 33 Ship ID AK 184 * Hull # 34 Ship ID AK 185 * Hull # 35 Ship ID AK 186 * Hull # 36 Ship ID AK 187 * Hull # 37 Ship ID AK 188 * Hull # 38 Ship ID AK 189 * Hull # 39 Ship ID AK 190 * Coastal Archer Hull # 40 Ship ID 248952 * Coastal Expounder Hull # 41 Ship ID 248954 * Coastal Ringleader / Hull # 42 Ship ID 248957 * Coastal Spartan Hull # 43 Ship ID 248959 * Coastal Harbinger Hull # 44 Ship ID 248955 * Coastal Herald Hull # 45 Ship ID 248683 * Phoebe Knot Hull # 46 Ship ID 248059 * Chain and Crown Hull # 47 Ship ID 248117 * Cinch Knot Hull # 48 Ship ID 247893 * Hawser Eye Hull # 49 Ship ID 248168 * Dragon Fly Hull # 50 Ship ID 248356 * Sampan Hitch Hull # 51 Ship ID 248570 * Jacob's Ladder Hull # 52 Ship ID 248566

Lake Superior Shipbuilding

Lake Superior Shipbuilding built two ships before being purchased by Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. The two ship were *SS ''Bullwheel (YO 46)a US Navy Oiler Hull # 101, 1,731 tons, delivered on October 21, 1942, sold to Philippine company in 1964. *SS ''Casinghead'' (YO 47) a US Navy Oiler Hull # 102, 1,731 tons, delivered on November 12, 1942, Struck 1997

Globe Shipbuilding

During World War II Walter Butler Shipbuilders took over the Globe Shipbuilding shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin, near the current

, to built ships under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Globe Shipbuilding Company built ships for World War 1, but in a different shipyard. During World War II Globe employed 2,500 workers, 10% were female, their president was Clarence Skamser. The Globe had a baseball team that played other shipyards, including Marine Ironworks & Shipbuilding and Zenith Dredge. Ships built at Walter Butler Shipbuilders' Globe Shipbuilding shipyard: V4-M-A1 Type V ship seaworthy tugs, 186-foot long with a steel hull: *Point Sur *Farallon *Point Cabrillo *Trinidad Head *Scotch Cap *Watch Hill *Wood Island *Sands Point *Point Judith *Black Rock USS Covington (PF-56) underway at sea, in 1945 (NH 79001)

USS Covington (PF-56) underway at sea, in 1945 (NH 79001)

S2-S2-AQ1 ''Tacoma''-class frigate: * * * * * * * / Worcester * / Scranton C1-M-AV1 Type C1 cargo ship: * * * * * * * * * (wrecked 1970) * * Globe Shipbuilding World War 1 Globe Shipbuilding built: cargo,

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and fishing trawler ships from 1918 to 1920: Lake Washburn, Lake Borgne, Lake Medford, Lake Arline,

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, (Trawler: Petrel, Ripple, Ocean), Conotton, Contoocook, Coolspring, Copalgrove, Lake Glebe, Lake Glencoe, Lake Fiscus, Lake Fisher, Lake Fitch, Lake Fithian, Lake Flag, Lake Glaucus, Lake Gunni, Lake Harminia, Lake Hector, and Lake Justice.

Walter Butler Duluth shipyard

Some of Walter Butler Shipbuilders Duluth ships: Duluth shipyard built C1-M-AV1 type C1 cargo ships, 2239 tons, 3,805 DWT: USNSPvtJoseFValdez

* (Hull # 328, August 1944) * * (wrecked 1946) * *

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(wrecked 1953) * *

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* *Alexander R. Nininger, Jr. *Roband Hitch * * * * * * * * (Hull # 345, August 1945, last Walter Butler Duluth ship)

Enbridge Ogdensburg Pier

Enbridge Ogdensburg Pier was opened in 1950 at the site of the former Walter Butler Superior shipyard. The Enbridge Ogdensburg Pier serves the inland Enbridge's Superior Terminal. Enbridge is a Canadian energy transportation company with headquarters in

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. Enbridge transports, distributes and generates

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, in

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. Enbridge operates in transportation, distribution and generation of

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. Enbridge Ogdensburg Pier as a dock for the energy transport ships. The Superior Terminal is 550-acre and is used to store and distributes crude oil to the United States. I also is connected to the

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. About 20% United States crude oil imports come through the Terminal.resepkuini.com, Enbridge's Superior Terminal, photos
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Butler Brothers

Walter Butler Superior shipyard

Lake Superior Shipbuilding

Globe Shipbuilding

Walter Butler Duluth shipyard

Enbridge Ogdensburg Pier

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