Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scanner, v. 32, no. 2 (November 1999), p. 12

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12. Buffalo--C leveland--Detroit--Mackinac Island--Sault Ste. M a r ie --Houghton--Duluth--Chicago--Milwaukee N O FREIGHT CARRIED O N S. S. T IO N E ST A - S. S. JU N IA T A - S. S. OCTORARA Longitudinal Sectional View of Tionesta, Ju n ia ta and Octorara. Length over all-- 361 feet. G AN G W A Y G AN G WAY E N G IN E ORCHESTRA G A N G W A Y GANGW AY DECK " D"-- BERTH DECK-- Six parlors without hath, b u t equipped with lavatory; 47 outside staterooms (Nos. 1 to 48 ) ; 45 inside s (Nos. 1staterooms 101 to 147) PASSENGER GANGWAY STEWARD'S OFFICE L O U N G E PASSENGER GANGWAY SODA FOUNTAIN A U T O M O B I L E S P A C E DECK "E "-- MAIN DECK-- Twin bed parlors and bath, Ontario, Michigan. Niagara, Superior, Erie, Huron, and 36 two-berth outside rooms in the 400 series. DECK " B " -- PROMENADE DECK-- E ig h t parlors de lu x e en suite; also 28 two berth outside staterooms (Nos. 200 to 229) and 28 two-berth corridor staterooms (Nos. 350 to 377) DECK " C"-- SALOON DECK-- Eight parlors de luxe. This comes from the 1933 sailing schedule of the Great Lakes Transit Corpo­ ration. OCTORARA was running the Lake Superior Division, with service from Buffalo to Duluth, via Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac Island, the Soo and Houghton. TIONESTA and JUNIATA were running from Buffalo to "A Century of Progress", the World's Fair at Chicago, via Cleveland, Detroit. Mackinac Is­ land and Milwaukee, in the company's Lake Michigan Division. OCTORARA left Buffalo every nine days; TIONESTA sailed from Buffalo on Wednesdays, JUNIATA on Sundays. Eastbound, JUNIATA sailed from Chicago on Wednesdays and TIONESTA on Saturdays. If only they still were running today... * * * * * * *

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