Car Ferry - Ann Arbor No. 6 (1917-1959)


Railroad: Ann Arbor railroad

Built/Acquired: 1917. Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan

Crossing: Lake Michigan - served Frankfurt MI to Manitowoc WI from 1930-1982.

End of Service: 1982

Disposition: Renamed.

Length: 338 feet. Held 26 cars.

Type:

Ref: [LMCF] + others


New diesel engines installed in 1959. Renamed Arthur K. Atkinson.

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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