Car Ferry - Ann Arbor No. 3 (1896-1960)


Railroad: Ann Arbor railroad

Built/Acquired: 1898. Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1960. Cut down to barge

Disposition: Cut down to a barge and renamed Manistee. Used in Mackinaw City-St. Ignace barge in 1960's.

Length: 258 feet. Held 20-24 cars at various times.

Type: 

[LMCF] + others


Used bow engines from Ann Arbor 1 and Ann Arbor 2.

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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