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

Notes

Built to replace Pere Marquette 18 (1st) after it sank. Retired in 1954 and scrapped in Hamilton, ON in 1957.

Image info: Top, PM Car Ferry #18 near Milwaukee, WI. [MHSD]; 2nd photo PM 18 under tow. 2nd image, PM #18 in an earlier view. [Wisconsin Historical Society]

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