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Re: City of Milwaukee prop

by LCNerd » August 7, 2011, 11:22 am

Thanks for your response. Makes sense that it may have come from Bayship-it has an identifying number and C/F City of Milwaukee painted on it.

Re: City of Milwaukee prop

by deckstir » August 6, 2011, 7:20 pm

Good question. I'm a Life Member with the SS City of Milwaukee and I know for a fact that we still have both of ours and as a matter of fact, we had a chipped bucket on one when we did an underwater survey after moving her from Elberta.
The Ann Arbor had both wheels and prop shaft bearings replaced at Bayship during a 5 year in 1980. It could have come from there.
Is there a plaque telling that's where it came from?
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City of Milwaukee prop

by LCNerd » August 6, 2011, 3:23 pm

Can anyone explain how a propeller from the carferry City of Milwaukee (serving as a museum ship in Manistee, Michigan) ended up as a sidewalk decoration in Duluth near the lift bridge?
Was it surplus? Found at a shipyard? Were the props removed from her after she was laid up? This one appears undamaged. Thanks!

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