Car Ferry - Pere Marquette 18 (2nd) - (1911-1954)


Railroad: Pere Marquette railroad

Built: 1911

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1952

Disposition: Retired and later scrapped.

Length: 338 feet  Width: 56 feet.

Capacity: 26 freight cars on four tracks. 15 staterooms.

Type: Steel

Ref: [LMCF][COFTD] + others


PM Car Ferry 18 near MilwaukeePere Marquette #18 Built to replace Pere Marquette 18 (1st) after it sank. Retired in 1954 and scrapped in Hamilton, ON in 1957.

Photo info: Top, PM Car Ferry #18 near Milwaukee, WI. [MHSD]; 2nd photo PM 18 under tow.

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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