It was Feb. 16, 1897 when the Pere Marquette 15, the first all-steel car ferry, made its first crossing between Ludington and Manitowoc, Wisc. Built in 1896 by F.W. Wheeler Co. in Bay City and ...

One hundred and ten years ago this month, the Pere Marquette 18 took 29 souls with her as the iron vessel plunged beneath the dark surface of Lake Michigan. The big railroad car ferry was ...

The City of Midland, the world's largest car ferry, slid down the ways into ... Amid foam and flying scud, the flagship of the Pere Marquette Railway Co.'s Lake Michigan fleet was launched in ...