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In 1918, the U.S. Railroad Administration formed the Lake Michigan Car Ferry Association to enhance efficiency by managing 11 vessels from the Ann Arbor, Grand Trunk and Pere Marquette railroads.
One of the last coal-burning car ferries on Lake Michigan, she entered service for the Pere Marquette Railway company in March 1941 as the largest Great Lakes ferry. Powered by two Skinner Unaflow steam engines , the City of Midland 41 was capable of speeds up to 20 miles per hour (17.4 kn) with a cruising speed of 17.6 miles per hour (15.3 kn).
The Great Lakes Car Ferries. Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books. Stuettgen, Serena (October 14, 2024). "SS Badger, the last operating coal-fired passenger steamship in the US, is an icon of Lake Michigan car ferries". Manitowoc Herald Times. Zimmermann, Karl (1993). Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries. Andover, New Jersey: Andover ...
Senator loading coal. Senator (Official number 116725) was built in 1896 by the Detroit Dry Dock Company of Wyandotte, Michigan.Her hull had an overall length of 420 feet (130 m), and she was 410 feet (120 m) between her perpendiculars, her beam was 45.6 feet (13.9 m) wide and her cargo hold was 28 feet (8.5 m) deep.
The finding of the Muir comes on the heels of Baillod and Jaeck leading the discovery of the Trinidad, a 140-foot cargo schooner that sank with a load of coal in 270 feet of Lake Michigan water ...
The MV Kaye E. Barker is a self-discharging lake freighter owned and operated by the Interlake Steamship Company. She was originally built as the SS Edward B. Greene, and was later renamed SS Benson Ford before being sold to Interlake and named the MV Kaye E. Barker. It primarily hauls hematite pellets, stone, and coal across the North American ...
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.
A ship missing since the late 1800s has been discovered in Lake Michigan, the Wisconsin Historical Society said Friday. Long-lost shipwreck from 1880s discovered in Lake Michigan, says historical ...