1903 Grand Haven 1969
Steel twin screw crosslake railroad carferry
Built at Toledo Oh by Craig Shipbuilding Co., Hull 92
Launched June 20, 1903
320’ LOA, 306’ LBP, 54’ beam, 20’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, two triple expansion engines, 4000 IHP
Enrolled at Toledo OH July 1, 1903 (#1)
306.0 x 54.4 x 17.3, 2320 GT, 1678 NT US 200007 to:
Craig Shipbuilding Co., Toledo OH (home port Toledo OH)
Reenrolled at Milwaukee WI Sept 23, 1903 (#23) to:
Grand Trunk Car Ferry Line, Milwaukee WI (home port to Milwaukee WI)
Entered service 1903
Sold at auction 1906 to Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Co., a subsidiary of Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Sold 1946 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.
Sold 1964 to T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co., Detroit MI and returned to the Great Lakes. Up Welland Canal Nov 21, 1964.
Laid up spring 1965. Sank at her dock Sept 19, 1969.
Sold for scrap Nov 1969 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Resold to United Steel & Refining Co. and scrapped at Hamilton ON in 1970.
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I found an old post card from my Great Grandfather’s brother Sidney O. Marsh, with a picture of the ship and its specs. He signed it as “Master”, and is referred to in a written history as ‘a captain on the lake’. Are there any records that i could look deeper into this? or any ideas where i might start?