Car Ferries of Lake Michigan
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Bindle Babe
N 44° 37.472 W 086° 13.842
16T E 561027 N 4941529
Marker only. NOTE: if you continue down this road it will end with a breath-taking view of Lake Michigan and the Dunes to the North. Public beach is available at the bottom of the hill. NOT HANDICAP FRIENDLY
Waymark Code: WM57GY
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Scook
Views: 24
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Description:
Marker text reads: Lake Michigan, over three hundred miles long and up to eighty miles wide, blocked rail traffic between lower Michigan and Wisconsin, posing a serious problem to several Michigan lines in the late 1800s as logging revenues declined. In 1892 car-ferry operations from Lake Betsie to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, were begun by the Ann Arbor Railroad. This was the world's first use of car-ferries across such an expanse of open water. Other ferries were soon operating from Ludington, Grand Haven and Muskegon to terminals across the lake, thus forging a vital link in America's railroad network.

Parking nearby?: yes

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Registered Site #: S0122

Historical Date: Not listed

Historical Name: Not listed

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