Location: Menominee, MI - Ann Arbor Railroad Ferry Dock

The Ann Arbor railroad car ferry ran from Frankfort to Menominee in the first half of the 20th century. The dock in Menominee was located at the Menominee River entrance from Green Bay and Lake Michigan.


AA Menominee Car Ferry Dock

Image Info: The Ann Arbor car ferry dock at Menominee in 1917. [CNWV]


Notes

The MILW had a four track stub yard here along the waterfront, as well as three tracks serving the ferry slip (two direct to the boat, and one alongside the boat). [CNWV]


Time Line

1904. Dredging operations conducted by the U.S. government in the Menominee river for the last two months, have ended and the government tug Energy, with three scows, has gone to Green Bay. The channel of the Menominee river has been deepended to 20 feet. [SJH-1904-0702]

 

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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