Re: (erielack) Neat Erie Marine Photo

["M. E Allen" <ptrmgtsvc_@_juno.com>]

George,

Where is the other end of the dotted line? That would be a good indicator
of  the type of service was provided. Since there is a similar line
through Lake Erie I suspect that the Railroad had an interest in a
steamship company.

Mike Allen

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 13:44:01 -0500 (EST) gelwood <gelwood_@_dnaco.net>
writes:
> 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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