Car Ferry - Ann Arbor No. 4 - (1906-1958)


Railroad: Ann Arbor railroad

Built/Acquired: 1906 by Globe Iron Works, American Ship Building Co. Toledo, Ohio

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1937 as rail ferry. Sold to State of Michigan in 1937 and rebuit as Mackinaw car ferry. Ended operation when bridge was put in service. Converted to a barge.

Disposition: Sold to State of Michigan for use as an auto ferry at Mackinaw City. Renamed the City of Cheboygan.

Length: 259 feet. Held 22 cars.

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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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