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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