Thanks for posting up with us. I would think that the Maryland Hall of Records might be able to assist you on-line. Speaking of on-line. I got the following out in Cyberspace using a few simple key-words...

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The USC&GS SILLIMAN was a ship of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey named for Benjamin Silliman. She was a schooner built by Fardy and Woodall at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1871

The Schooner A. H.SCHULZ was built in 1872 by William E. Woodall of Baltimore.

The Schooner SARA C. CONWAY was built by William Woodall at Baltimore, Maryland in 1872 she carried lumber and coal coast-wise, logwood and pineapples from the Bahamas and local produce, grain and oysters on The Bay. She was converted to power in 1941 and later dredged surf clams in the Atlantic

At Baltimore there was some iron-ship building: before the War of 1861-65, in a fragmentary way… Baltimore is favorably situated for the construction of iron vessels. The War interrupted the growth of the business, but another beginning was made in 1872 by the construction of two composite vessels for the government by William E. Woodall & Co., the small sailing vessels SPEEDWELL and BIBB.

The following year the little schooners PALINURUS and Research, each of 76 tons, were built by the
the same firm, and in 1876 the EARNEST of 80 tons, the READY of 80 tons, and the DRIFT of 87 tons, all schooners, and, like the others, all for the coast survey. The timbers and deck frames of these boats were of angle iron, all the rest oak and pine. Woodall & Co. also designed the composite single-deck propeller THOMAS G. GEDNEY, of 133 tons, for the coast survey, which was built by Delamater, of New York, in 1875.

In 1884 Wm. E. Woodall & Co., of Baltimore, built the TRED AVON. It was outfitted with 40 staterooms

The CAMBRIDGE was built 1890 by William E. Woodall and Company and the engine by James Clark & Co.

The E.S. Randall Potomac River Line Company operated steamers on the Potomac River. One of the largest and most magnificent Steamer was the ESTELLE RANDALL, named after the company's founder. The 112 foot long vessel was built in 1898 at Baltimore by William E. Woodall and Company. Its machinery was furnished by the Campbell and Zell Company.

The wooden propeller steamer DANVILLE of 1297 tons, was built for the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat Co. (BC&RSC) by Woodall of 1297 tons. She was 208.2 ft long and 34.9 ft. wide.

The steamer BALTIMORE, also a wooden propeller type, was built at the same yard for the BC&RSC at 222 feet in length and having a 35 foot beam.

Captain John M. Hudson of New York sailed from the Port of Baltimore on July 9th 1895 bound for Progreso, Mexico on the Fishing Steamer JAMES WOODALL which he purchased locally ten day earlier. It is rumoured that he may be planning to assist the Cuban Insurgents.

In the latter part of June 1905 the new Steam Tug PRINCESS was launched by Wm. E. Woodall & Co. for the James Clark Co.
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This out to be a beginning. Also Robert C. Burgess has a book called Baltimore Harbor perhaps you can check out of the library. He has a new edition of it for sale so it won't be in the libraries for a while.

If you have some more specific questions please feel free to post up on this or the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Forum anytime.

Best Regards,
Walt

• RE: Wm E.Woodall & Co. Shipbuilding - Donna Dove 09/22/2008 17:06:17 EDT (2)
• SS Danville - Patrick Rawle 05/25/2010 19:16:36 EDT (0)