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].
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