Railroad: Pere Marquette railroad
Built/Acquired: 1895. Worked for Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western (GTW) from 1898-1899. Then PM after merger from 1900-1914.
Crossing: Lake Michigan
End of Service: 1914. See notes below.
Disposition: Sold and turned into a barge.
Length: 282 feet. Held 26 cars.
Type:
Ref: [LMCF] + others
Built in 1895 for United States & Ontario Steam Navigation Co. to carry coal cars between Conneaut, OH and Port Dover, ON. Sold to Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western for Muskegon-Milwaukee operations until 1901. After Pere Marquette merger, transferred to Ludington and renamed Pere Marquette 16. Taken out of service in 1907 and sold to Hammermill Paper Company in 1917 and cut down to a barge for hauling pulpwood. Struck by a steamer near Two Harbors, MN in 1922.
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