1892                                  Ann Arbor No. 1                                  1910

Wooden triple screw (two aft, one forward) Great Lakes crosslake railroad carferry

Built at Toledo OH by Craig Shipbuilding Co., Hull 55
Keel laid June 10, 1892; launched Sept 28, 1892
First crosslake railroad carferry on the Great Lakes

274’ LOA, 260’ LBP, 53’ beam, 14’8” depth
1 deck, 3 coal-fired boilers, 3 fore and aft horizontal compound engines, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Toledo OH Oct 19, 1892 (#8)
260.4 x 53.0 x 14.7, 1127.76 GT, 563.88 NT     US 106974     to:
Craig Ship Building Co., Toledo OH (home port Toledo OH)

Entered service Nov 24, 1892 clearing Frankfort MI with rail cars to Kewaunee WI.

Sold 1896 to Ann Arbor Rail Road Co., Toledo OH

Burned March 8, 1910 at her dock, Manitowoc WI.  No lives lost.  Enrollment surrendered March 31, 1910.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 9

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