STEAMER PERE MARQUETTE

She was built by the F. W. Wheeler & Co. in 1896. She was just over 337 feet long and had a capacity for 30 cars. She was scrapped at Manitowoc in 1935.

STEAMER PERE MARQUETTE 16
STR PERE MARQUETTE 17

She was built in Cleveland by the American Ship Building Company in 1901. She was 338 feet long and had a capacity for 30 cars. She was sold in 1940 to Michigan State Ferries and renamed the City of Petosky. She was sold again in 1961 and scrapped at Ashtabula.

The next 3 photographs are of the 17 when she was bucking a North Easter off Little Pt. Au Sauble on October 24, 1929. These photographs were sent to me by Andrew Perreault, whose great-grandfather was Captain W.H. Van Dyke, Master of the 17 at this time. The photographer was J.H. Ferris.
STR PERE MARQUETTE 18

The first carferry to bear this name was built in Cleveland in 1902. She was 338 feet long with a capacity for 30 cars. She sunk on September 10, 1910 twenty miles off Sheboygan, WI. The second to bear this name was built to replace the original 18. She was built in 1911 and was retired in 1954 and sold for scrap in 1957.
 
 

PERE MARQUETTE 18

STR PERE MARQUETTE 19

She was built in 1903 and was 338 feet long with a capacity for 30 cars. The Pere Marquette 19 was sold in 1940 and converted into the pulp-wood barge Hilda.

Pere Marquette 20

She was built in 1903 in Cleveland. The Pere Marquette 20 was sold to the State of Michigan in 1938, and was rebuilt and renamed the City of Munising. She operated across the Straits of Macinac.

She was built at Manitowoc in 1924 and was just inder 348 feet long. She was powered by two triple expansion steam engines with 2,700 h.p. She was lengthened 40 feet in 1953 and given refitted with two Skinner steeple compound, Unaflow steam engines for a combined h.p. of 4,500. She was laid up in June 1972 and sold July 17, 1973. She was converted into a barge at Milwaukee, and sank in a storm off Honduras in 1980.

STEAMER PERE MARQUETTE 22

She was built at Manitowoc in 1924 and was just inder 348 feet long. As built, she had two triple expansion steam engines with a total h.p. of 2,700. She was lengthened 40 feet in 1953 and refitted with two Skinner steeple compound, Unaflow steam engines with a combined h.p. of 4,500. She was laid up in November 1971 and sold July 17, 1973. She was converted to a barge at Sorel, Quebec in July 1973. She was converted again to a derrick scow and operated in the West Indies during the 80s.

STR 31

She was built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. in 1929 with a length of 369 feet and a capacity for 32 cars. She caught on fire in 1971 and was sold for scrap 2 years later.

The next four images are of the 31 after she burned in Manitowoc, by Chuck Truscott.  Special thanks to Shawn Burgess-Keith. 
STEAMER CITY OF FLINT 32

The City of Flint made her last trip out of Ludington at 2:30 a.m. on December 24, 1969, pulled by 2 tugs. She was built in 1929 in Manitowoc, WI by the Manitowoc Ship Building Corporation at a cost of $1,250,00 and had 40 staterooms and 5 parlors. She was powered by two steam turbines driving two General Electric 2,300 volt, 118 r.p.m. motors for a totat h.p. of 7,200. She was sold to Norfolk and Western Railway Company to be converted into a river ferry barge and renamed ROANOKE.

City of Midland 41

See the "City of Midand, a Pictorial History"

Miscellaneous

* Public domain

Notes:

I am always looking for photographs and information, if you would like to add your pictures to this site, email me at msh@carferries.com

Many of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society photographs were provided by Dan Bissell--thanks!

Thanks to Shawn Burgess-Keith , Steve Hanson, and Lyle Hanley for clarifying some pictures for me.


 

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