Car Ferry - Pere Marquette 17 - (1901-1940)

Railroad: Pere Marquette railroad

Built/Acquired: 1901. By Globe Works, American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1940. Sold to State of Michigan for use as a car ferry.

Disposition: Converted to an auto ferry in 1940 for the Straits of Macinac. Scrapped in 1961.

Length: 338 feet. Held 30 rail cars.

Type:

Ref: [LMCF] + others

In 1940, sold to State of Michigan and rebuilt as an auto ferry for the Straits of Mackinawc. Renamed City of Petoskey. Removed from service when bridge was opened in 1957. Scrapped in Ashtabula, OH in 1961.