This railroad car ferry was leased and then owned by the Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western railroad. The DGR&W was merged into the Pere Marquette about 1900.
Name: Shenango No. 2 ---> Muskegon ---> Renamed Pere Marquette 16
Owner: United States & Ontario Steam Navigation Co. ---> Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad ---> Pere Marquette Railroad around 1900.
Purpose: Railroad cars across Lake Michigan.
Date Started: 1897 lease. Purchased in 1898.
Bult by/location: Craig Shipbuilding Co. at Toledo, OH in 1895
Structure: Wood hull. 282 feet long.
Propulsion: Steam.
Capacity: Held 26 railroad cars.
Major Ports: Muskegon, MI and Milwaukee, WI
Railroad Affiliation: Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western.
Date Ended: 1897
Disposition: Became a Pere Marquette ship after 1900. [LMCF]
Reference: [LMCF]
1897. Leased from the United States & Ontario Steam Navigation Co. Had been used by them to cross Lake Erie. [LMCF]
1922, After being sold by the PM and made into a barge, the ship was struck and sank near Two Harbors, MN. [LMCF]
