Ferry Transport in Wisconsin - Ferries of Wisconsin, Ferry Companies of Wisconsin, SS Badger, SS City of Midland 41, SS Spartan (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ferries of Wisconsin, Ferry Companies of Wisconsin, Ss Badger, Ss City of Midland 41, Ss Spartan, Ss City of Milwaukee, Merrimac Ferry, Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company, Ss Milwaukee, Lake Express. Excerpt: The S.S. Badger is a coal-fired passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in Lake Michigan service from 1953 until the present. Currently, she shuttles between Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Ludington, Michigan. She is the last coal-fired passenger vessel operating on the Great Lakes. The boat is named after the University of Wisconsin's athletic mascot, "Bucky Badger." The Badger runs on Michigan time (Eastern Standard/Daylight Time, whereas Wisconsin is in the Central time zone) and riders pay Michigan taxes on their fares. The Badger was constructed as a rail car ferry in 1952-53 by the Christy Corporation of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, along with her twin sister the SS Spartan (the mascot of Michigan State University) with a reinforced hull for ice-breaking. She was originally used to carry railroad cars, passengers and automobiles between the two sides of the lake all year long. Today the ferry connects the eastern and western segments of U.S. Route 10 in the two cities from May to October. Launched 6 September 1952, the S.S. Badger entered service 21 March 1953 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (from 1973 a subsidiary of the Chessie System). The C