National Historic Landmark · train ferry · Manistee, Michigan

City Of Milwaukee

Great Lakes railroad car ferry in Manistee, Michigan. Added to the National Register in 1990, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1990
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What it is

Wikipedia · SS City of Milwaukee

SS City of Milwaukee is a Great Lakes railroad car ferry that once plied Lake Michigan, often between Muskegon, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was built in 1931 for the Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company and is the only pre-1940s ship of this type to survive. She now serves as a museum ship, bed and breakfast, and event venue on the waterfront of Manistee Lake in Manistee, Michigan. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressMarine Terminal Railyard, E. slip, Manistee, MI
CountyBenzie County
ListedDec 14, 1990
Reference number90002221
Type of placetrain ferry, preserved watercraft
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressMarine Terminal Railyard, E. slip, Manistee, MI
Websitecarferry.com ↗
Coordinates44.62968, -86.23752 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · 23 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPlatte River Campground 8 mi · White Pine Backcountry Campground Permits 11 mi · D.H. Day Group Campground 20 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 90002221. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.