Car Ferry - City of Madison - (1927-1976)


Railroad: Grand Trunk Western railroad

Built/Acquired: 1927. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1976. Discovered to be structurely unsound. 

Disposition: Scrapped in Port Colburne, ON.

Length: 347 feet. Held 30 cars.

Type:

Ref: [LMCF] + others


 Flagship of GT lake fleet. [LMCF]

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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