King and Winge Shipbuilding Company

King and Winge Shipbuilding Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipbuilding
FateCeased shipbuilding
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
King and Winge shipyard, circa 1915, at West Seattle, looking south. The lookout tower of the first Seattle Yacht Club house can be seen over the building bearing the sign "King & Winge." On the right the sternwheeler Vashon has been hauled up on the marine railway.

The King and Winge Shipbuilding Company was an important maritime concern in the early 1900s on Puget Sound. The shipyard was located at West Seattle. The owners were Thomas J. King (1843–1925) and Albert M Winge. King was born in Boston and learned to build ships under the famous Donald McKay. He came to Puget Sound in about 1880, and worked in the shipyards of Hall Bros. and T.W. Lake before starting his own shipyard with Winge.[1] King’s partner, Albert L. Winge was a native of Norway.

  1. ^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Maritime History of Pacific Northwest, at page 358, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966