Did Leathem Smith ever end up making a canal boat out of portions of the hull?
In 1934 Leathem Smith was in no position to do much of anything. After Reiss and the underwriters could not agree on rebuilding
William A. Reiss Reiss turned it over to the underwriters who sold it for a few thousand dollars to Luria Brothers of Chicago, who contracted with the Leathem D. Smith Coal & Shipbuilding Company to dismantle it, the only substantial work the moribund yard had seen in ages.
William A. Reiss arrived at Sturgeon Bay 17 December 1934 from Manitowoc in tow of the tugs
A. H. Pitz and
Reiss, the same week Reiss bought the
John A. Topping to replace it. The first fifty tons of scrap from it left by rail for Gary on 14 January 1935. In the fall of 1935 the Smith yard secured winter work contracts on
Sinaloa and
Col. E. M. Young and the decision was made to complete dismantling of
William A. Reiss to free up yard space.
[quote]Did Leathem Smith ever end up making a canal boat out of portions of the hull?[/quote]
In 1934 Leathem Smith was in no position to do much of anything. After Reiss and the underwriters could not agree on rebuilding [i]William A. Reiss[/i] Reiss turned it over to the underwriters who sold it for a few thousand dollars to Luria Brothers of Chicago, who contracted with the Leathem D. Smith Coal & Shipbuilding Company to dismantle it, the only substantial work the moribund yard had seen in ages. [i]William A. Reiss[/i] arrived at Sturgeon Bay 17 December 1934 from Manitowoc in tow of the tugs [i]A. H. Pitz[/i] and [i]Reiss[/i], the same week Reiss bought the [i]John A. Topping[/i] to replace it. The first fifty tons of scrap from it left by rail for Gary on 14 January 1935. In the fall of 1935 the Smith yard secured winter work contracts on [i]Sinaloa[/i] and [i]Col. E. M. Young[/i] and the decision was made to complete dismantling of [i]William A. Reiss[/i] to free up yard space.