1905                                  Detroit     1                             1990 (20

Steel quadruple-screw crossriver railroad carferry

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 2
Keel laid July 30, 1904;  launched Nov 12, 1904

308’ LOA, 284’ LBP, 64’ beam, 19’6” depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engines (4), 3600 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Dec 17, 1904 (#39)
296.0 x 64.1 x 20.0, 2089 GT, 1307 NT     US 201607     to:
Michigan Central Railroad Co., Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)

Entered service Jan 13, 1905 carrying railroad cars across the Detroit River between Detroit MI and Windsor ON

New railroad tunnel under the Detroit River opened for service in Sept 1910 and the vessels of the fleet laid up and did not operate again for this fleet.

Sold Oct 1912 to Wabash Railway Co., Detroit MI

Sank str. John Plankinton May 9, 1917 in collision in the Detroit River.

Remeasured 1928 to 18.1 depth and 2220 GT, 1487 NT

Fleet sold 1964 to Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Detroit MI

Converted 1969 to railroad carferry barge at River Rouge MI by Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co.
Remeasured to 2232 GT, 2232 NT

Carferry service across the Detroit River discontinued Oct 1, 1990.

Sold Feb 1992 to Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co., Ecorse MI.

Sunk in unused Nicholson slip as of summer 2005

IMO 5089219

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