MANISTIQUE, MARQUETTE & NORTHERN NO. 1 (1903, Car Ferry (Rail Ferry))

Description

Comments (0)

Identification

Vessel name:: MANISTIQUE, MARQUETTE & NORTHERN NO. 1
Also known as:: MILWAUKEE
Year of Build:: 1903
Official Number:: 93363

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Car Ferry (Rail Ferry)
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 00413
Builder Name:: American Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Manistique-Marquette & Northern Railroad, Manistique, MI.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 338'
Beam:: 56'
Depth:: 19.42'
Tonnage (gross):: 2933
Tonnage (net):: 1755

Final Disposition

Final Location:: On a line between Milwaukee, WI & Grand Haven, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 22 Oct 1929
How:: Foundered.
Final Cargo:: Passengers & 27 railcars.
Notes:: Lost in Lake Michigan storm; 52 lives lost. 1972 Wreck located.

History

Chronology:

1904 Owned Union Trust Co, Chicago, IL.

1906 Owned Manistique-Marquette & Northern Railroad Co, Manistique, MI.

1908 Owned Manistique & Northern Railroad Co, Manistique.

1908, Jan 5 Damaged in ice off Manistique, returned to Manistique harbor but sank at Chicago Lumber Co. dock; raised Jan 9 & taken to South Chicago for repair.

1908 Owned Grand Trunk-Milwaukee Car Ferry Co.

1909 Renamed MILWAUKEE.

1929, Oct 22 Foundered, Lake Michigan.

Notes