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S.S. City of Midland 41
Contributor(s): Chavez, Art (Author)
ISBN: 0738532533     ISBN-13: 9780738532530
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2004
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
- Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History
Dewey: 977.448
LCCN: 2004100867
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.46" W x 9.12" (0.66 lbs) 127 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Great Lakes
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Michigan
- Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin
 
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Publisher Description:
The historic steamship City of Midland 41 sailed the waters of Lake Michigan for nearly half a century, transporting railroad cars, automobiles, and passengers. After her construction in 1941 by the revered Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, the nation's newspapers and newsreel services covered her launching and maiden voyage with enthusiastic flair. In time, she became the most beloved of all the Great Lakes car ferries.

She was built as the flagship for the Pere Marquette Railway's Lake Michigan ferry fleet, and signified a bold departure from traditional Great Lakes vessel design. Her sleek outboard profile, spacious passenger accommodations, and modern interior furnishings were a hit with the traveling public. By the time she was retired from service in 1988, she had served both the Pere Marquette and Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads, transported thousands of travelers as a passenger ferry, and become known as the "Queen of the Great Lakes Car Ferries."

Contributor Bio(s): Chavez, Art: - Presenting a collection of rare archival photographs, most of them previously unpublished, car ferry historian Art Chavez details the unique legacy of this stately ship, from the inception of the car ferries in the 1880s through the City of Midland's venerable career in the last half of the twentieth century. Chavez is the author of S.S. Badger: The Lake Michigan Car Ferry, also published by Arcadia.