Car Ferry - Pere Marquette 21 (1924-1972)


Railroad: Pere Marquette railroad

Built/Acquired: 1924. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service:1973

Disposition: Cut down to barge.

Length: 360 feet. Width: 56 feet. Held 32 cars in 1953.

Capacity: 28 freight cars on four tracks. 40 staterooms.

Type: Steel

Ref: [COFTD][LMCF] + others


Initially 347 feet and 30 cars. Lengthened in 1953 to 387 feet and 32 cars. Passenger accomodations added in 1937. [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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