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S.S.Badger
Author: Butler
Date: 12-24-2011 - 10:31

The S.S.Badger is a coal burning steamship in service on Lake Michigan. Built in 1953 as a car ferry for the C&O Ry, It is the last of the lake steamers still operating from mid-May to mid-October, hauling passengers and their vehicles between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis.

The EPA wants to halt its coal ash discharges into Lake Michigan. Here is a link to a Wall Street Journal article discussing the possibility of converting the ship to burn natural gas:

S.S.Badger conversion

The Badger is a real treasure and I certainly hope we do not loose her over this!

I made the trip from Ludington to Manitowic in the summer of 2007. Here is a picture of the Badger leaving Manitowic, returning to Ludington.

[img]trainnews.dyndns.org/photos/readerphotos/brucebutler/SS Badger - Manitowoc WI (105).jpg[/img]

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  S.S.Badger Butler 12-24-2011 - 10:31
  Re: S.S.Badger Captain You're Kidding 12-24-2011 - 10:37
  Re: S.S.Badger - link activated Graham Buxton 12-24-2011 - 11:06
  S.S.Badger - A few more pictures Butler 12-26-2011 - 01:17
  Re: S.S.Badger - A few more pictures Butler 12-26-2011 - 01:25
  Re: S.S.Badger Butler 12-24-2011 - 11:08
  Re: S.S.Badger douglasm 12-24-2011 - 15:16
  Milwaukee Clipper conversion railpax71 12-24-2011 - 16:52
  Re: S.S.Badger P. Kepler 12-24-2011 - 17:22
  Great Lakes Steamships S. Thomas 12-24-2011 - 18:06
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. SSS 12-25-2011 - 02:15
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. Paul Kepler 12-25-2011 - 07:33
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. Butler 12-25-2011 - 13:18
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. NormSchultze 12-26-2011 - 09:28
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. broke and skeptical 12-26-2011 - 10:07
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. NormSchultze 12-26-2011 - 11:28
  Re: Great Lakes Steamships Rail steam on radar too. too true 12-26-2011 - 15:21
  Re: S.S.Badger DCJB 12-26-2011 - 12:40
  Re: S.S.Badger douglasm 12-26-2011 - 14:55
  Re: S.S.Badger NormSchultze 12-26-2011 - 15:40
  Re: S.S.Badger dcjb 12-26-2011 - 21:32
  Car Ferry VIKING S. Thomas 12-27-2011 - 13:08
  Re: Car Ferry VIKING S. Thomas 12-27-2011 - 13:09
  AA Ferry Arthur K Atkinson douglasm 12-27-2011 - 17:45


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