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Car Ferry - City of Grand Rapids - (1926-1971)
Railroad: Grand Trunk Western railroad
Built/Acquired: 1926. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI
Crossing: Lake Michigan
End of Service: 1971. Sold to surplus companies.
Disposition: Burned by vandels in 1988. Scrapped.
Length: 347 feet. Held 30 cars.
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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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