Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> I didn't find a photo, but there is a reference
> here:
> [
books.google.com]
> RA5-PA26&lpg=RA5-PA26&dq=milwaukee++railroad+barge
> ++vashon+island&source=bl&ots=9tdZB85tXY&sig=jWvnv
> ZY_7qgqpi5gIL1t3_poLzU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnmce
> f8IbaAhVJVd8KHbhpBhk4ChDoAQg8MAI#v=onepage&q=milwa
> ukee%20%20railroad%20barge%20%20vashon%20island&f=
> false
>
> During the strawberry shipping season, recently
> closed, 76 carloads of berries raised on Vashon
> Island were shipped East in refrigerator cars.
> This crop, consisting of 38,760 crates, a was
> transported from Vashon Island to the Milwaukee
> slip in the southern part of the city by the
> Drummond Lighterage Co., which equipped the barge
> Ajax to handle four refrigerator cars at a time,
> thus saving five handlings of the berries.
>
> More here:
> [
books.google.com]
> RA5-PA26&lpg=RA5-PA26&dq=milwaukee++railroad+barge
> ++vashon+island&source=bl&ots=9tdZB85tXY&sig=jWvnv
> ZY_7qgqpi5gIL1t3_poLzU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnmce
> f8IbaAhVJVd8KHbhpBhk4ChDoAQg8MAI#v=onepage&q=milwa
> ukee%20%20railroad%20barge%20%20vashon%20island&f=
> false
>
Thanks! Very interesting!