Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-5-71 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of Pere Marquette carferries at dock on the lower Manitowoc River in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Bow view of steamers PERE MARQUETTE 18 (left) and PERE MARQUETTE 15 (right) with stern view of tug REISS at dock in foreground. Goodrich Company dock visible in background at left. November 3, 1935. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
11/03/1935 |
Place |
Manitowoc, WI |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: PERE MARQUETTE 18 Official number: 208305 Other names: None available Build date: 1911 Builder: Chicago Ship Building Company Place of build: Chicago , IL Dimensions: 338.00 x 57.50 x 21.58 Gross Tonnage: 2777.00 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: Pere Marquette Railway Co. (1911-1948) Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. (1948-1957) Other history: Beached just south of Manitowoc, WI, in gale on 1/12/1926. In heavy fog on 12/12/1926, grounded about one mile off Fox Point, tearing a 48' hole in bottom on rocks. Gotten off several weeks later and taken to Milwaukee, then to Manitowoc for repairs. Disposition: Laid up at Ludington, MI, as storehouse in 1954. Sold, 1957, to Luria Brothers & Co., Inc., for scrapping. Towed to Hamilton, Ontario for scrapping by Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., in winter, 1957-1958. Vessel name: PERE MARQUETTE Official number: 150740 Other names: PERE MARQUETTE 15 (1924-1935) Build date: 1897 Builder: F.W. Wheeler & Co. Place of build: West Bay City, MI Dimensions: 338.00 x 57.58 x 34.75 Gross Tonnage: 5580.00 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: Tonnage and dimension change, 1897 (337 x 57.58 x 17; 2443 gross tons). Ownership changes: Pere Marquette Railway Co. (1897-1935) Other history: Vessel was first steel-hulled car ferry on Lake Michigan. Made maiden voyage, Ludington-Manitowoc, on 2/17/1897. Transferred to Marquette & Bessemer route, Conneaut, Ohio-Port Dover, during 1910 season as replacement for sunken MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 2. Served out of Conneaut again in 1915. Laid up at Ludington, MI, in 1930, and was never placed back in service. Disposition: Scrapped at Manitowoc, WI in winter, 1935-1936. Vessel name: Q.A. GILMORE (also Q.A. GILLMORE) Official number: 211152 Other names: REISS (1933-2004) Q.A. GILLMORE (2004) Build date: 1913 Builder: Great Lakes Towing Company Place of build: Cleveland, OH Dimensions: 71.00 x 20.00 x 12.42 Gross Tonnage: 99.00 Vessel Rig: Tug Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: Great Lakes Towing Co. (1913-1932) C. Reiss Coal Co. (1932-1969) Saugatuck Marine Museum, Inc. (1969-2004) Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation (2004) Other history: Removed from documentation in 1978. Disposition: None available |
Other number |
Volume C |
Size of original |
5" x 7" |
Search Terms |
Manitowoc River Manitowoc, WI docks Goodrich Company Pere Marquette Railroad Company PERE MARQUETTE #18 PERE MARQUETTE #15 car ferry Steamer Tug REISS |
Credit line |
Carus Collection Donated by Henry N. Barkhausen |
Provenance |
Materials in this collection were collected and compiled by Great Lakes ship captain Edward Carus of Manitowoc over a period of more than 50 years. Captain Carus began his career on the Great Lakes sailing on schooners and spent many years as a captain for the Goodrich Line before retiring. During his career, he researched and recorded the maritime heritage of the areas where he sailed, particularly the western shore of Lake Michigan. Captain Carus worked for ten years with Edwin Schuette, also from Manitowoc, and Mr. Schuette also contributed to the collection. In 1937, Captain Carus had fallen on hard times, his wife was bedridden and they were in need of money. Although Captain Carus desired his extensive collection to stay in Manitowoc, neither the City of Manitowoc nor Mr. Schuette was willing to purchase it at the time. Instead, Henry N. Barkhausen purchased it and kept it in his personal collection for more than 40 years before donating it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in 1981, returning it to Manitowoc. Edwin Schuette passed his portion of the collection to his son, Henry Schuette, who then donated his portion to the museum in 1981 as well. |