David Bell, an immigrant from Scotland, was an engine builder first and a shipbuilder second. His first ship, the Merchant, was the first coal-powered, propeller-driven, iron-hulled ship to be built on the Great Lakes. Almost nothing is known about his shipyard. If anyone can provide any information about it, or about the ships it built, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com
| Hull # | Original Name | Original Owner | Vessel Type | GT | Delivered | Disposition |
| Merchant | Anchor Line | Cargo Ship | 861 | 1861 | Sunk 1875 | |
| Glen Iris | Unknown | 55 | 1863 | Abandoned 1951 | ||
| Dexter | Unknown | 36 | 1866 | Abandoned 1911 | ||
| Metropolitan | City of New York | Police Boat | 149 | 1867 | Abandoned 1867 | |
| Philadelphia | Unknown | 1463 | 1868 | Collision 1893 | ||
| Eliza Williams | Tug | 1868 | ||||
| Cayuga | Unknown | 27 | 1868 | |||
| Ariadne | Yacht | 34 | 1868 | |||
| Ivanhoe | Sidewheel Steamer | 282 | 1869 | |||
| Nellie Cotton | Tug | 37 | 1869 | Abandoned 1929 | ||
| Douglas | Tug | 1870 | ||||
| Mary Bell | Yacht | 34 | 1870 | |||
| Gallatin | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service | Revenue Cutter | 250 | 1871 | Sunk 1892 | |
| Hamilton | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service | Revenue Cutter | 250 | 1871 | ||
| Boutwell | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service | Revenue Cutter | 198 | 1873 | ||
| M. C. Carrington | Tug | 64 | 1875 | |||
| Titania | Yacht | 73 | 1875 | |||
| Rosaline | Yacht | 28 | 1876 | |||
| G. W. Gardner | Yacht | 1876 | ||||
| Esperanza | Yacht | 1876 | ||||
| Arundell | Cole & Holt | Cargo Ship | 306 | 1878 | Burnt 1911 | |
| Flora | Yacht | 1879 | ||||
| Vanderbilt | Yacht | 1879 | ||||
| Angelique | Yacht | 27 | 1880 | |||
| A. W. Cotton | Tug | 92 | 1881 | |||
| Uarda | Dow and Wesson | Yacht | 16 | 1881 | ||
| Robert H. Cooke | Tug | 157 | 1882 | |||
| Waller | Yacht | 56 | 1883 | |||
| Theseus | Yacht | 1884 | ||||
| Sand Beach | Dispatch Boat | 1885 | ||||
| Seneca Chief | Yacht | 1887 | ||||
| City of Buffalo | City of Buffalo | Fire Boat | 133 | 1887 | Now "George R. Potter" | |
| Phil Sheridan | Tug | 35 | 1888 | |||
| Florence Rice | 19 | 1889 | ||||
| Shalpeen | Tug | 29 | 1890 | |||
| Keystone | Tug | 95 | 1891 | |||
| Paddy Miles | Tug | 33 | 1891 | |||
| Neversink | Yacht | 1892 | ||||
| John M. Hutchinson | Fire Boat | 90 | 1892 | |||
| Calumet | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service | Tug | 190 | 1893 | ||
| William McKinley | Yacht | 1894 | ||||
| Tioga (WYT 74) | U.S. Revenue Cutter Service | Tug | 190 | 1894 | Sold 1947 | |
| Katharine T. Wilbur | Tug | 54 | 1895 | |||
| Primrose | Yacht | 1895 | ||||
| Sandusky | Yacht | 1896 | ||||
| Alert | Yacht | 102 | 1896 | |||
| W. J. Warwick | 21 | 1901 | ||||
| Shaun Rhue | 79 | 1901 | ||||
| Captain Hemens | 34 | 1902 | ||||
| Planet | 24 | 1903 |