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On January 11, 2018, ice floe damage to the ferry's causeway caused the service to cease all operations. [1] Repairs, estimated to cost four million dollars, were never completed due to cost. [2] [3] A proposed sale of the business fell through in 2019 as the US government was unwilling to commit to reopening the border station at Marine City. [4]
The largest ferries in Michigan are the car ferries which cross Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. One of these, the SS Badger is one of the last remaining coal steamers on the Great Lakes and serves as a section of US Highway 10 (US 10). The Badger is also the largest ferry in Michigan, capable of carrying 600 passengers and 180 autos.
Learn about the most bizarre and unexpected items that have been sold or offered on eBay, from towns and islands to fighter jets and fossils. Find out how some auctions were successful, some were stopped by eBay, and some made headlines.
An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore (typically from railway cars or ore jennies) onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points. Most known ore docks were constructed near iron mines on the upper Great Lakes and served the lower Great Lakes. Ore docks still in existence are typically about 60 ...
Vacationland was built in 1952 by Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan for the State of Michigan's Department of Highways at a cost of $4,745,000. She was designed by Prof. L. A. Baier of the University of Michigan 's Marine Engineering Department, in conjunction with H. M. Varian, superintendent of Great Lakes Engineering Works .
The Port of Detroit is the largest inland port in Michigan, located along the Detroit River. It handles various commodities, such as steel, ore, coal, and cement, and has a public dock for cruise ships and ferries.
Soo Locks are a set of parallel locks that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. They are located on the St. Marys River between Michigan and Ontario, and have a history of engineering and economic significance since 1855.
MV Kaye E. Barker is a lake freighter that hauls hematite pellets, stone, and coal across the North American Great Lakes. It was built in 1952 as the Edward B. Greene and renamed in 1989 after the wife of Interlake Steamship Company's president.