Passenger steamer SS Milwaukee Clipper~steamship~ferry~Lake Michigan~Muskegon MI

Description: VINTAGE ANTIQUE POSTCARD Passenger steamer SS Milwaukee Clipper~steamship~ferry~Lake Michigan~Muskegon MI~WI~Wisconsin~chrome Postmarked: Published by: L. L. Cook Co. - copyright 1952In 1904, the Erie & Western Transportation Company commissioned the American Shipbuilding Company of Cleveland, Ohio, to build a 361-foot passenger and package freight steamer for service on the Great Lakes. Her name was JUNIATA, and she was powered by a 3,000 horsepower Quadruple Expansion steam engine, built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company of Detroit, Michigan. Carrying 350 passengers in staterooms, the JUNIATA was the epitome of first-class travel and sailed between Buffalo, New York, and Duluth, Minnesota. Highly varnished mahogany woodwork and wicker furniture was in evidence, and a great oak staircase greeted passengers boarding the steamer, and cuisine worthy of the finest hotels awaited them. Twice remodeled to suit the Great Lakes passenger trade, the JUNIATA operated on the Great Lakes through the 1936 season. In 1937, when new safety features were instituted for passenger ships of American registry, the JUNIATA was retired from service because of her wooden superstructure.In the late 1930s Max McKee and Mark McKee of the Sand Products Corp. of Muskegon conceived the plan of building a new steamer for cross lake service but because of higher than estimated construction costs they had noted Naval Architect George G. Sharpe redesign the plans so they could be incorporated into an existing ship. The ship they purchased was JUNIATA. Late in 1940, the JUNIATA was taken to the yards of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company where her wooden superstructure was removed and replaced by an all steel, streamlined, superstructure, the first design of its type in the world. Her boilers were converted to burn fuel oil instead of coal. Completely fireproof, the new ship featured air-conditioned staterooms, a children’s playroom, a movie theatre, and live entertainment, complete with dance floor. On June 2, 1941, her name was changed to S. S. MILWAUKEE CLIPPER, and on June 3rd she made her maiden voyage to Muskegon.From 1941 until 1970 the MILWAUKEE CLIPPER carried thousands of passengers and automobiles between Muskegon and Milwaukee. Capacity was 900 passengers and 120 automobiles. From 1964 until 1970 she operated in the summer seasons only. In 1977, she was renamed S/S CLIPPER, moved to a new home at Navy Pier in Chicago and was operated as a floating maritime museum and convention facility. In 1997 the Great Lakes CLIPPER Preservation Association was formed. On December 2, 1997, the group returned the MILWAUKEE CLIPPER to Muskegon, after an absence of 20 years, where it is open for tours in the summer. Check out my other items! If you buy more than one item, ask me for REDUCED SHIPPING for multiple items going to the same address in one combined package. To get a discount, wait to pay until I have sent you a combined invoice.

Price: 0.61 USD

Location: Landing, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-11-17T04:27:36.000Z

Shipping Cost: 1.4 USD