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Car Ferry - Ann Arbor No. 5 - (1910-1966)
Railroad: Ann Arbor railroad
Built/Acquired: 1910. Toledo Shipbuilding Co. Toledo, OH
Crossing: Lake Michigan
End of Service: 1966 sold to Bulk Food Carriers in San Francisco.
Disposition: Sold and moved out of state.
Length: 360 feet. Held 30 cars.
Type: First ferry builty with a sea gate.
Ref: [LMCF]
Converted to oil in 1964. Sold and used as a temporary breakwater at Palisades Power Plant near South Haven from 1967-1969.
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