View source for Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co.

The '''Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Company''' (1872&ndash;1899), was located in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] on the [[Locust Point, Baltimore|Locust Point]] peninsula, adjacent to [[Fort McHenry]]. Founded by [[William T. Malster]] (1843&ndash;1907) who later partnered with [[William B. Reaney]] in 1879, it opened for business on 16 July 1880. The company was located on {{convert|8|acre|m2}} adjacent to Fort McHenry where it leased the property from the [[Baltimore Dry Dock Company]].
It built several early vessels of the [[United States Navy]] and [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]], including:
*[[USRC Tench Coxe (1876)|USRC ''Tench Coxe'']]
*[[USRC Seminole|USRC ''Seminole'']]
*[[USS Detroit (C-10)|USS ''Detroit'']]
*[[USS Petrel (PG-2)|USS ''Petrel'']]
*[[USS Montgomery (C-9)|USS ''Montgomery'']]
*[[USS Foote (TB-3)|USS ''Foote'']]
*[[USS Rodgers (TB-4)|USS ''Rodgers'']]
*[[USS Winslow (TB-5)|USS ''Winslow'']]
*[[USS McKee (TB-18)|USS ''McKee'']]
*[[USS Tingey (TB-34)|USS ''Tingey'']]
It also built the ''[[Argonaut (submarine)|Argonaut]]'', a [[submarine]] designed by [[Simon Lake]], and [[Plunger (1897)|''Plunger'']], a submarine designed by [[John Philip Holland]] for the U.S. Navy that was not accepted.
The company built the lighthouse tender [[USLHT Arbutus (1879 ship)|USLHT ''Arbutus'']].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 1879 |title=A Launch, a Collision, and a Wreck |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/372343052/?terms=lighthouse%20arbutus&match=1 |work=Baltimore Sun |pages=1}}</ref>
It went into receivership in 1899 and was reorganized as [[Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company]] and was purchased by [[William B. Skinner and Sons]] in 1905. In 1915, Skinner and Sons went into receivership and was reorganized as the [[Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corporation]]. This company was taken over by [[Bethlehem Steel]] in September 1921.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*"Ask for More Time – Columbian Iron Works Creditors Desire an Extension to Finish Work." ''The New York Times.'' December 28, 1899, Wednesday Page 3, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/12/28/102500443.pdf
*"Columbian Iron Works Failure." ''The New York Times'' December 21, 1899, Wednesday Page 4, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/12/21/117936615.pdf
*Keith, Robert C. ''Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History.'' Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 2005. p.&nbsp;93
*Knowles, Richard. ''John P. Holland, 1841-1914: Inventor of the Modern Submarine''. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1998.  p.&nbsp;74
*"Columbian Iron Works" in ''Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada.'' Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Association v. 13 (1896) p.&nbsp;256
*"Another Cruiser Afloat – The Launch of the Montgomery at Baltimore – A New Two-Thousand-Ton War Vessel Now Ready for Her Machinery and Fittings – Christened by Miss Sophia Smith." ''The New York Times.'' December 6, 1891, Wednesday Page 16, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/12/06/103354840.pdf
*"Argonaut Does It!" ''New York Sun'', Dec. 17, 1897 http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonaut_does_it_.html
*Forrest, Clarence H. ''Official History of the Fire Department of the City of Baltimore: Together with Biographies and Portraits of Eminent Citizens of Baltimore.''Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1898. pg 154
*Hall, Clayton Coleman. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vCy9GAlzntAC&dq=%22Baltimore:+Its+History+and+Its+People%22&pg=PA1 M1 Baltimore: Its History and Its People] Volume 1: History.'' New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1912. pp.&nbsp;376–377
*"William T. Malster" ''The New York Times.''  March 3, 1907, Sunday Page 7, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/03/03/104981296.pdf
*Howard, George Washington."William B. Reaney" in ''The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources ''. Baltimore: J.D. Ehlers,1873. p.&nbsp;822
*Howard, George Washington. "William T. Malster" in ''The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources'' Baltimore: J.D. Ehlers, 1873. pp 670–673.
*"Consolidation of Dry Docks – Negotiations Under Way for Two Companies in Baltimore." ''The New York Times.'' February 19, 1903, Thursday Page 1, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/02/19/101974141.pdf
*"Columbian Iron Works Gets Extension" ''The New York Times.'' December 31, 1899, Wednesday Page 3, https://www.nytimes.com/1899/12/31/archives/columbian-iron-works-gets-extension.html
{{refend}}
{{coord|39|16|11.07|N | 76|35|8.40|W|display=title}}
[[Category:Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Locust Point, Baltimore]]
[[Category:Ships built in Baltimore]]