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CAR Since 1896, FERRIES when the big PERE - QUETTE inaugurated the port's car ferry ser- vice, Milwaukee has be- come the world's busi- est car ferry terminal. Besides the Pere Mar- quette Ry., ferries of the Lake Michigan C.F. Transportation Co.also called at Milwaukee in the late Nineties. In 1903 the cross lake line The MADISON passing the pierheads, Milwaukee line to Grand Haven was started by Crosby and was taken over a few years later by the Grand Trunk Ry. In the half cen- tury since, nearly two dozen car ferries have docked at Milwaukee. They are listed herewith: Pere Marquette Railway (Ludington - Milwaukee, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, 1896) 350 x 56, 1896, later PERE MARQUETTE 15. x 53, 1895, (ex MUSKEGON,ex SHENANGO #2) later barge HARRIET B. x 56, 1901, later CITY OF PETOSKEY x 56, 1902, foundered, L.Mich.,1910 x 56, 1904, later barge HILDA PERE MARQUETTE 20, 350 x 56, ate later CITY OF MUNISING x ve PERE MARQUETTE 16, 300 PERE MARQUETTE 17, 350 PERE MARQUETTE 18, 350 TTE 22, 360 x 56 CITY OF SAGINAW 31, 381 x 56, 1929 CITY OF FLINT 32, 381 x 56, 1930 CITY OF MIDLAND 41 40 New vessel 406 x 58, c. 1952. Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Co. (Chicago - Green Bay, etc.) ‘our barge car ferries, abou ft long, numbered 1,2,3, and 4. All were built of wood. There were four tugs in the fleet, named as follows: E.G.CROSBY, J.C.AMES (ex J.C.PERRITT), VIOLET H.RABER (ex IVY M.LEATHEM) and S.M.FISCHER. Due to the unwieldiness of these nuge barges in heavy weather, this line did not operate for more than a decade. Crosby, later Grand Trunk Route. (Milwaukee - Grand Haven,Muskegon, '03) GRAND a Lal w ao b i) eS ~ Lime ¢ » 1903, MILWAUKEE 350 x 56, (ex MANISTIQUE, MARQUETTE AND NORTHERN No.1, 1902) Lost with 52 lives, L.Michigan, 1929. GRAND RAPIDS, 360 x 56, 1925 MADISON, 360 x 56, 1928 CITY OF MILWAUKEE 360 x 56, 1930 Lake Michigan's oldest car ferry line, the Ann Arbor Ry.,established in 1892, never oparated vessels into Milwaukee on regular schedule. KOK KK KOK KR KR OK RK OK OK OK OK OK KOK KR OK OK OK OK OK OK OR OK KOK KOK OK OK SUMMER In the past our Society has had several enjoyable days to- TRIPS gether on the River. We plan similar outings this year, and the next Marine Historian will inform you exactly on the dates of proposed trips to Port Huron, Bob-Lo, and Put In Bay. We hope many of you can set aside these dates and sail with us.