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Car Ferry - Lansdowne (1884-1956)
Railroad: Canadian National railroad
Built/Acquired: 1884
Crossing: Detroit River
End of Service: 1956
Disposition: Scrapped in 2009.
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Type: Side-wheeled paddleboat.
Image info: A view of the Lansdowne crossing the Detroit river with a passenger train.
Notes
Known as the SS Lansdowne.
Time Line
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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