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| Marine Historical Society of Detroit posted Great Lakes Towing Company's wrecking tug Favorite (2) seen removing rail cars from the capsized car ferry Ann Arbor No. 4 in June of 1909 at Manistique, MI. It appears that there is already another ore car on the forward deck of the tug, sitting upside down. Unknown photographer. Father Dowling collection/MHSD. The ferry capsized and sank at its slip in Manistique on May 29, 1909 after a switching error placed 8 fully loaded cars of iron ore on the port wing (outside) track with no cars on the starboard wing track. Contributing to the sinking were open deadlights on the ferry. Over the years Great Lakes Towing has had three wrecking tugs and a floating dry dock that carried the name Favorite. This was their second wrecking tug, built in 1907 by the Buffalo Dry Dock Company. Judy Barnes-DePeal shared |
Brendon Baillod posted three images with the comment:
Here's an iconic RPPC (real photo postcard) that I've had in the collection for a while. It's one of two original cards I have showing dramatic views of the railroad car ferry Ann Arbor No. 4 after she rolled over at Manistique, Michigan on May 30, 1909 while being loaded. No. 4 blocked the harbor for nearly a month before being raised by Great Lakes Towing.The 260 ft. steel carferry was built at Cleveland in 1906. She ran primarily on northern Lake Michigan. She had an otherwise relatively uneventful career, being purchased by the State of Michigan in 1937 for use as a passenger and auto ferry across the Straits of Mackinac under the name City of Cheboygan. After the Mackinac Bridge was built, she was sold for use as a storage hull for potatoes at Benton Harbor, Michigan under the name Edward H Anderson. Finally, in 1973, she was towed overseas to Genoa, Italy where she was cut up for scrap.For more on the AA4, see: https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/.../a/ann-arbor-no-4(This is a digital image of an archival original in my private collection. Please include original description if resharing on Facebook. Please credit the Brendon Baillod Collection if you wish to share outside of Facebook.)
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I'm saving a satellite image in case someone cleans up the shoreline.
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The east/east railroad was the SOO (Wisconsin Central). The M&LS was the Manistique & Lake Superior, an Ann Arbor subsidiary. The ferry ran to Frankfort, MI. I can't figure out what was on the long skinny islands in the middle of the river.
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| 1931 Cook NE and Manisque Quads @ 31,680 |
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| EarthExplorer: Nov 10, 1953 @ 17,000; AR1VBL000020141 |
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| Lake States Railway Historical Association posted Manistique & Lake Superior steam locomotive 2-8-0 2380 switching freight cars onto Ann Arbor car ferry Wabash at Manistique, M in 1949. Image by HD Runey. If you enjoy the photos and what Lake States is accomplishing, consider joining Lake States: https://www.lsrha.org/?page_id=135 Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lsrha.org Follow us on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/199136368@N06 Follow us Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lakestates/?hl=en |
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