Great Lakes Engineering Works

The Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) was a leading shipbuilding company with a shipyard in Ecorse, Michigan, that operated between 1902 and 1961. Within three years of its formation, it was building fifty percent of the tonnage of all ships in the Great Lakes.

GLEW operated yards in Ecorse (MI), Ashtabula (OH) and St. Clair (MI)

GLEW’s 58-year history saw the end to their own epoch.  On April 30, 1961, GLEW stockholders agreed to dissolve the shipbuilding giant and sell it to the Great Lakes Steel Corporation.