1898                                  Ann Arbor No. 3                                  1974 (

Steel twin-screw crosslake railroad carferry

Built at Cleveland OH by Globe Iron Works, Hull 75
Launched Sept 24, 1898

269’ LOA, 259’ LBP, 52’ beam, 18’6” depth
1 deck,  coal-fired boilers, 2 horizontal compound engines, 1200 IHP (from wooden strs. Ann Arbor No. 1 and 2)

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 14, 1898 Temp (#28)
258.3 x 52.3 x 15.3, 1677 GT, 996 NT     US 107418     to:
Ann Arbor Railroad Co., Toledo OH (home port Toledo OH)

Permanent enrollment at Grand Haven MI May 17, 1899 (#76)

Lengthened 1923 at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. and repowered with two triple expansion engines
Remeasured to 306.9 x 52.3 x 17.1, 2047 GT, 935 GT

Laid up 1960 at Elberta MI and did not operate again for this fleet

Sold 1962 to Bultema Dock & Dredge Co., Manistee MI and converted to a deck barge
Remeasured to 1917 GT, 1895 NT

Renamed Manistee 1965

Chartered 1965 season by Mackinac Transportation Co., towed by tug Muskegon, to replace regular cross-Straits carferry Chief Wawatam

Sold 1974 to be a dock face at Peoria IL, Illinois Waterway

X817