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Car Ferry - Ann Arbor No. 7 - (1925-1965)
Railroad: Ann Arbor railroad
Built/Acquired: 1925. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.,, Manitowoc, WI
Crossing: Lake Michigan
End of Service: 1982
Disposition: Rebuilt with new diesel engines as Viking and in service until 1982
Length: 347 feet. Held 30 cars.
Type:
Under Viking, served from 1965-1982. Reduced to a pulp barge in 2019 in Menominee, MI.
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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