Car Ferry - Pere Marquette No. 18 (1st) - (1902-1910)

Railroad: Pere Marquette railroad

Built/Acquired: 1902 from the American Shipbuilding Co., in Cleveland, OH

Crossing: Lake Michigan

End of Service: 1910.

Disposition: Sank near Sheboygan, WI in Lake Michigan with 29 lives lost.

Length: 338 feet. Held 30 cars.

Type:

Ref: [KNCF] + others

Remains were found in 2020 in 500 feet of water about 25 miles east of Sheboygan, WI.

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

[AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
[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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