Hi Dan: Here is a link to topo maps. You can also toggle between it and aerial photos. http://www.terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=16&X=761&Y=6247&W=3...
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shystr
Nov 4, 2006 12:18 am
From the Muskegon Chronicle: 11/1 - Muskegon - November-like weather on Lake Michigan in September and October put a damper on the third-year performance of...
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dan coburn
danalicob
Nov 4, 2006 4:27 am
Hi Roger, Thanks for the maps, that gives me some clues to explore. It seems most logical that the line may have continued to the small penisula that lies in...
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Steve
emdsd2001
Nov 4, 2006 8:40 pm
Dan, I've been doing a little research since your first post. Since moving to the Traverse City area a few years ago I've been reading up some on local...
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dan coburn
danalicob
Nov 6, 2006 1:43 am
Appreciate it, Steve. I have the story that tells of the movement of the apron from Northport to Frankfort, where the last time I checked, it still was there...
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Steve
emdsd2001
Nov 7, 2006 1:48 am
... from Northport to Frankfort, where the last time I checked, it still was there as the west slip. ... Dan Coburn Dan, The west slip was still there as of a...
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corlissbs
Nov 8, 2006 9:19 pm
For those of you around the Milwaukee area, you can read member Don Leistikow's fine editorial in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Brad Smith...
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dan coburn
danalicob
Nov 10, 2006 12:47 am
Thanks Steve, Great to know that there may be at least one more opportunity to view the apron. Is the east slip still there also? Dan Coburn ... From: Steve...
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cbsotrlives
Nov 12, 2006 3:28 am
Hello, I'm new to the group so if I'm bringing up an old topic I apologize. I am wondering if anyone here has any pictures of the Marquette & Bessemer No. 2....
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falconblayze
Nov 13, 2006 2:22 am
... apologize. ... reason ... wonderful. ... The George Hilton book is the authority on all the carferries of the lakes, including the M&B boats. There is a...
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cbsotrlives
Nov 13, 2006 4:33 pm
Dan, Thanks for the info. I do have that book and I was able to get a copy of the image from the library that George referenced. It's a very good book and it...
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PBowers
pbegroups
Nov 13, 2006 4:33 pm
... Another place to ask is on the Great Lakes ships 'n ports list. <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gt-lakes-shipsnports/> Peter Bowers...
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LakeboatMi@...
Nov 13, 2006 4:39 pm
HI, Try looking up the ferry on Google. I think that there might be some images of the ferry. Gerry ... From: falconblayze@... To:...
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shystr
Nov 13, 2006 9:25 pm
Hi, Patrick-- There are images online at Trackdog's carferry site. Here's the M & B No. 2 at Conneaut, Ohio: http://members.aol.com/trackdogs/mb21.jpg Here's...
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ss43bob@...
ss43bob
Nov 13, 2006 9:47 pm
"Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes" by Dwight Boyer has a chapter on the sinking of the No. 2....
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Frank Corley
franktrainman
Nov 16, 2006 2:13 am
Dear friends: American Rail Excursions has three tours we think will interest you. December 30 – January 2. "The Twenty-First Century Unlimited", Roundtrip...
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amb3573
Nov 19, 2006 2:58 pm
I was looking on the Boatnerd website and I saw pictures of a crane load or unloading something on the Spartan. Does anyone know what is being done. Thanks ...
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ss43bob@...
ss43bob
Nov 21, 2006 12:37 am
... something on the Spartan. Does anyone know ... Was a similar question on the Boatnerd Info Search section, someone answered that the forward mooring...
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cliff325
Nov 22, 2006 9:48 pm
Hi all; I'm an over the road truck driver and was going by the k-zoo river and saw a white car ferry sitting on the west side of the road and wondered what...
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BNdave1@...
Nov 23, 2006 7:51 pm
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BNdave1@...
Nov 23, 2006 9:07 pm
Hi; thought of that as I hit send, my mind goes much faster than my hands can type but I was coming out of Holland and think the Kalamazoo crosses I-196 in ...
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BNdave1@...
Nov 23, 2006 9:16 pm
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chasb2001@...
chasb6325
Nov 23, 2006 10:31 pm
Hi group-- The Kalamazoo river empties at Saugatuck / Douglas. The white boat there is the "S.S. Keewatin. Didn't know you could see her from 196 /US31...
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dan coburn
danalicob
Nov 26, 2006 2:02 am
Hi All, In HIstoric Rail catalog, (www.historicrail.com) . They are offering a three DVD set on Mritime Transportation in the Great Lakes Region. One of the...
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Andre
smeg4903
Nov 30, 2006 4:33 pm
Hi all: I found this while going through the microfilm at the local paper. Andre in Menominee THE DAILY HERALD LEADER MENOMINEE, MICHIGAN MARCH 23, 1906 TWO...
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Max Hanley
stmr43
Nov 30, 2006 6:20 pm
This is great, thank you so much for sharing! Max _____ From: carferry@yahoogroups.com [mailto:carferry@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andre Sent: Thursday,...
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Steve
emdsd2001
Nov 30, 2006 6:56 pm
Group, In case anyone is interested, the rumors I heard are true. Made the trip over to Elberta last weekend to find that the coaling tower and the wood...
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amb3573
Dec 1, 2006 2:32 am
Just out of curiosity, are they also going to be building the condos on the park that is there? I thought the new condos were going by the area with the tanks...
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Steve
emdsd2001
Dec 4, 2006 1:45 am
From the sound of things the land on either side of the park will eventually be developed, but the park will remain. In an article I read recently in a local...
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gmo880b
Dec 4, 2006 1:45 pm
... Unfortunately, most former railroad locomotive servicing facilities end up being EPA Super Fund cleanup sites. Combine that with diesel oil storage tanks...
