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Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
Grant Brown Jr.
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Description for Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
Paperback. In 1892, the Ann Arbor Car Ferries shook the transportation world by doing what was then deemed impossible - carrying loaded railroad cars by ship across the sixty-two miles of open water between Frankfort, Michigan and Kewaunee, Wisconsin. This book describes the nearly 100-year crossings. Num Pages: 296 pages, 144 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; HBTK; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
In 1892, the Ann Arbor Car Ferries shook the transportation world by doing what was then deemed impossible - carrying loaded railroad cars by ship across the sixty-two miles of open water between Frankfort, Michigan and Kewaunee, Wisconsin. With passion, acuity, and remarkable detail, Grant Brown describes the nearly 100-year crossings - from their beginnings with James Ashley's bold new idea of car ferrying down to the last fight for survival until the Michigan Interstate Rail Company finally closed in 1976.Crossing the lake with loaded freight cars was a treacherous task that presented daily obstacles. Knowledgeable people believed it was ... Read more
In 1892, the Ann Arbor Car Ferries shook the transportation world by doing what was then deemed impossible - carrying loaded railroad cars by ship across the sixty-two miles of open water between Frankfort, Michigan and Kewaunee, Wisconsin. With passion, acuity, and remarkable detail, Grant Brown describes the nearly 100-year crossings - from their beginnings with James Ashley's bold new idea of car ferrying down to the last fight for survival until the Michigan Interstate Rail Company finally closed in 1976.Crossing the lake with loaded freight cars was a treacherous task that presented daily obstacles. Knowledgeable people believed it was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780472050499
SKU
V9780472050499
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-70
About Grant Brown Jr.
Grant Brown, Jr., worked for S.D. Warren Company, a paper manufacturer, for 37 years, He raced sailboats on Crystal Lake in northern Michigan for ten years while growing up, continued in Boston and St. Louis, and has since returned to living and racing in Frankfort, Michigan. He spent eight years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, where he learned navigation ... Read more
Reviews for Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
A must buy for anyone interested in the Great Lakes. - Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historian