Car Ferry - Ann Arbor No. 5 - (1910-1966)


Railroad: Ann Arbor railroad

Built/Acquired: 1910. Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Toledo, OH

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1966 sold to Bulk Food Carriers in San Francisco.

Disposition: Sold and moved out of state.

Length: 360 feet. Held 30 cars.

Type: First ferry builty with a sea gate.

Ref: [LMCF]


Converted to oil in 1964. Sold and used as a temporary breakwater at Palisades Power Plant near South Haven from 1967-1969. 

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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