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 Milwaukee PM Car Ferry No. 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. 2nd image, PM #18 in an earlier viewe. [Wisconsin Historical Society]

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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