Great Lakes History Blog
Journalist, writer, photographer, historian Rob Alway tells the stories of the history of the Great Lakes region, from water and land. Great Lakes History Blog is presented by Sable Points Media, a 501(c)(3) non-profit news and information organization, in partnership with Media Group 31.
Great Lakes History Blog
Goodrich Transportation Company's SS City of Ludington
In 1874, the Flint & Pere Marquette Railway reached Ludington on the shores of Lake Michigan. In anticipation of a lucrative contract the railroad, which had plans to transport freight across the Lake, the Goodrich Transportation Company of Chicago ordered a new ship to be built in 1880 which would be named in honor of the town it would operated out of.
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