Re: (erielack) Neat Erie Marine Photo

[gelwood <gelwood_@_dnaco.net>]

I have seen an old Erie map that indicated that the Erie had a lake boat
operation out of Chicago. The map is from an Erie Annual report. Note the
dotted line in Lake Michigan running north. I cut the map to keep the RR
parts.

http://gelwood.railfan.net/map/erie-west-1914.gif

George Elwood
http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, M. E Allen wrote:

> George et alia,
>
> There is a write up of the service in Hilton's Great Lakes Car
> Ferries. I don't have a copy here to check the detail but I believe that
> the Erie used floats to access otherwise isolated freight houses on the
> Chicago River and the Ship Canal
>
> Mike Allen
>
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 23:13:38 -0500 (EST) gelwood <gelwood_@_dnaco.net>
> writes:
> > http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/before/before.html
> >
> > It's at the bottom of the list.
> >
> > George Elwood
> > http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood
> >
> > On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Schuyler G Larrabee wrote:
> >
> > > http://gelwood.railfan.net/before/erie-chiflt-abh.jpg
> > >
> > > George, where do I find "EL/Before" to look at the caption?
> > >
> > > SGL
> > >
> >
> >
>
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