SS City of Milwaukee Car Ferry Model

Model is hand-crafted from hard wood with planks on frame construction and then painted as the color of the real ferry. Our model is fully assembled and ready for display. The model is included a base and a brass nameplate.

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Specifications

Packing Volume

TK0076P

84L x 13W x 33H (cm)

33L x 5.11W x 13H (inch)
0.10 m³ = 3.53 ft³

The SS City of Milwaukee Car Ferry Model ready for display

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HISTORY

The 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 for the Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company in 1931 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin to replace SS Milwaukee, which sank with all hands on October 22, 1929 during a gale. City of Milwaukee sailed for the Grand Trunk until 1978 when, as the last of their fleet of three to be sailing, she was chartered to the Ann Arbor Railroad. She sailed for this road until 1982, when she was retired permanently. She is currently preserved in Manistee, Michigan as a National Historic Landmark museum, currently undergoing preservation. Also in the plans is the possibility of using the ship as a bed and breakfast. City of Milwaukee is the last unmodified traditional railroad car ferry afloat upon the lakes, still with her triple expansion steam engine, original woodwork and brass fixtures.