Railroad: Pere Marquette railroad
Built/Acquired: 1902, as Manistique, Marquette & Northern 1.
Crossing: Lake Michigan
End of Service: 1929 (October 22)
Disposition: Sunk in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee with 52 dead.
Length: 339 feet/ Held 30 cars.
Type:
1929. October 22. On a run from Milwaukee to Grand Haven, the car ferry Milwaukee sinks. [IT-1974-02]
1974. A team of divers from Waukegan, IL has found the hulk of the car ferry Milwaukee. [IT-1974-02]
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