Wisconsin Central: (Satellite)
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Wisconsin Central (Soo) Dock
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| Paul Rabenhorst posted A carferry turns around in the Manitowoc River. Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1963. Paul Rabenhorst shared [The comments indicate it was C&O's City of Saginaw 31 or City of Flint 32.] |
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| Greg Mross posted Ann Arbor's recently rebuilt "Viking" is switched by the Soo Line at their ferry dock in Manitowoc, WI. in September of 1965. Loading the ferry was a science all its' own. John Ingles Kodachrome from my collection. Nancy Morrison: The rail cars were loaded, nearly one by one, to keep the boat balanced. The switch engine pushed several cars onto the boat, then pulled most of them out, switched tracks and repeated on the other side, until all the cars were loaded. The semi-trucks and autos were then backed into the boat, once again balancing. Last, the motorcycles, as they took the least space. Once completely loaded, the apron came down on the deck, to keep the cargo and vehicles from rolling off in rough weather. Each rail car was securely and individually latched onto the rail inside the boat. If you were a passenger, you could observe all the action from the port deck, above the apron. The entire loading process was an art! The rails on the boat had to line up and securely latch onto the rails at the slip, for loading and unloading. |
C&NW Dock
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| Carl Venzke posted Tom Carter This photo had to have been taken between 1956 and 1958, as the newest car is a '56 Chevy and the Ann Arbor ferry #6 became the Arthur K. Atkinson in July, 1958. [CN/C&NW] |
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| Deborah Wiegand commented on a post I believe this is the C&O Midland on the left but not sure which Ann Arbor ferry on the right. Manitowoc, WI - Winter 1958-59 - from my family's collection. Steven Kelsch Ann Arbor No. 7 |
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| Steven Kelsch commented on Deborah's comment She was later renamed the VIKING when modernized. ANN ARBOR NO. 5 on the right. |
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| Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted An image of the City of Flint 32 in 1961 at the railroad car ferry dock at Manitowoc, Wis. which was located next to coal dock of the C. Reiss Coal Co. of Sheboygan, Wis. (Image Source: Personal Collection of Steven F. Kelsch). [The description goes on to provide the cooperate history of the freighter.] Phil Knauf: My grandfather John Pollock was the chief engineer on the Reiss crane in the background. |
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| Paul Rabenhorst posted Steven Kelsch: C&O and AA. Nice card. Shawn Keith: That's either the Pere Marquette 21 or 22 after cabins were lengthened, which would make it the Ann Arbor No. 3, because the No. 4 had been sold to the State of Michigan by then. |
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| Steven Kelsch commented on Deborah's comment As the VIKING. |
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| Paul Erspamer commented on Deborah's comment VIKING as she pulls away from the apron. One of my favorites. |
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| S.S. Badger: Lake Michigan Carferry posted (Satellite) |
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| Paul Rabenhorst posted Shawn Keith: Ann Arbor No. 5 on the dock in this view also. Paul Rabenhorst posted |
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| Paul Rabenhorst posted An Ann Arbor Line ship leaving the Manitowoc port, 1961. She was built right there in Manitowoc in 1925. Paul Rabenhorst shared Paul Rabenhorst shared Matthew Alan Filipe Guimaraes check this page out. It was rebuilt / renamed and continued to sail for years. Recently it was cut down to a barge in Menominee, MI. |
To the left of the smokestack we see another view of the ramp that allowed cars to access the upper level of the ferries.
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| Greg Moss posted There is something for everyone in this Kodachrome taken aboard a carferry entering Manitowoc, WI by John Ingles in August of 1965. Of primary interest is the Charles C. West unloading at the coal dock. The West is home, being built in Manitowoc in 1925, originally as a carferry, but changed to a freighter midway thru her build. The C&NW railway served the coal docks and their carferry slip is just to the left of the coal slip. A Ford cabover fuel truck and an old Chevy Suburban round out the scene. Photo from my collection. Todd Neff: Ferry was most likely heading upriver to the Soo slip. The car ferry Badger still uses the east apron to load passenger cars. No rail cars, no west apron, no car ramp and saddest part of all, no CNW. Gary Jung: Todd Neff and basically no coal dock either Greg Moss shared Greg Moss posted, same comment [Some comments about it starting out as a ferry is an often repeated myth. Of note:] William Lafferty: I have no idea how this myth came to be. The Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company undertook a large expansion of the crushing capabilities of its quarry at Rockport, co-owned by the C. Reiss Coal Company, destined to go online in summer 1925. As a result, on 8 January 1925 Rockport Steamship Company, jointly owned by KIL&TCo and Reiss, and Manitowoc entered into a contract to build the West, named for the head of Manitowoc and the vessel's designer, to join the fleet's John A. Kling. Its keel was laid 2 March 1925 (obviously well after the contract date) and launched 8 July 1925. Clearly it was not "on the ways" when the contract was signed. Rockport's self-unloaders were slightly smaller than their contemporaries (especially the Michigan Limestone boats) then being built since Rockport wanted to expand delivery to smaller harbors and cities. As a result West designed its counter stern, twin crew, double engine configuration to aid water flow to the two wheels and increase maneuverability in constricted waterways. William Lafferty: That was the C. Reiss Coal Company "lakefront dock." Its main equipment was a Heyl & Patterson (still in business!) bridge using an 8-ton clamshell, although some sources say 6-ton. Its capacity was 450 tons/hour. |
While looking for views of the malt plant's marine tower, I noticed the ferry was at the dock.
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| AJ Berkout posted Yesterday (5-24-22) in Manitowoc: Another view of the SS Badger car ferry as she leaves Manitowoc, heading for Ludington, Michigan. |
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| Connor Siemers posted August 13th, 2022. Cheyenne tuggin about and assisting SS Badger leave it's slip. Due to the high winds, waves and currents and 3 attempts to leave Port of Manitowoc, I called my friends from the Cheyenne to get in contact with SS Badger. The captain drove from Appleton immediately and the owner drove from sturgeon bay. The tugs engineers arrived to get the engines warmed up. After final prep work the Cheyenne and Badger worked out this ordeal! Video by Myself. [The comments contain a couple of videos of the tug taken from the ferry.] |
Manitowoc Engineering also made some of the ferries: photo of Pere Marquette 10 soon after it was launched sideways.
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| 1 of 12 drone photos posted of the Badger first arriving in 2022 with its new paint job |
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