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- Hits: 1923
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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