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Ann Arbor #1

On November 24th, 1892 the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railroad started what many people thought was impossible, crossing Lake Michigan in the winter with a car ferry. The Ann Arbor #1 set out on that date from Frankfort Harbor, Michigan and was loaded down with four railroad cars filled with coal.

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