Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Chief Wawatam (Ferry), U209235, 1 Aug 1911

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NEW FERRY LAUNCHED.
Toledo, O., Aug. 30.--The new steel car ferry, CHIEF WAWATAM, the largest ever built at the yards of the Toledo Shipbuilding Company, has been launched.
The vessel was built for the Mackinac Transportation Company. She ply the waters about the Straits of Mackinac, her principal ports being Mackinaw and St. Ignace. The CHIEF WAWATAM is 552 feet Long. Her beam is 62 feet and her draught, loaded, is 25 feet. She will be ready for delivery Oct. 15.
      Buffalo Evening News
      Wednesday, August 30, 1911
     

NOTE:-- U. S. No. 209235. Reduced to as barge in 2002

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Newspaper
Item Type
Clippings
Notes
launched, Toledo
Date of Original
1911
Subject(s)
Ferries
Chief Wawatam (Ferry)
Local identifier
McN.E.6595
Language of Item
English
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Chief Wawatam (Ferry), U209235, 1 Aug 1911