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GRAND RAPIDS—Carferry—Great Lakes—I win Screw Steam Name—GRAND RAPIDS Owner—Grand Trunk Railway System Builder—Manitowoc Ship Building Corp. Naval Architect—Manitowoc S. B. Corp. Launched—GRAND RAPIDS, Oct. 28, ’26; MApI- son; Jan; 19; 727 Completed—GRAND RaApips, Dec. 3, ’26; MADI- SON, March 3, ’27 Classification—American Bureau of Shipping HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 360 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 348 feet; breadth molded, 56 feet; depth molded, 21 feet 6 inches; draft, 16 feet; displacement loaded, 6380; gross tonnage, about 2900; net tonnage, about 1400; passenger ca- pacity, 12; cargo capacity, 30 freight cars; bunk- er fuel capacity, in tons, 400; speed, 14 miles. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—Two, triple expansion; size, 20% x 34 x 56 inches x 36-inch stroke; built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. DESCRIPTION This carferry built for the Grand Trunk Rail- way is a sister boat to the ManpISsoNn, recently completed for the same company. These fer- ries are quite similar to those constructed for the Ann Arbor & Pere Marquette rail- roads. They are large, powerful and fast and are good ice breakers. The Manitowoc Ship- building Corp. has built a numberr of these modern carferries. Boilers—Four scotch marine type; size 14 feet 6 inches in diameter by 12 feet long; 185 pounds working pressure; built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp.; fuel, coal. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Windlass—Manitowoe Shipbuilding Corp. Winches—Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. Steering Engine—Manitowoc S. B. Corp. Propellers—Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. Refrigeration—Brunswick-Kroeschell Co. Generators—Engberg Elec. & Mech. Works The carferries GRAND RAPIDS and MADISON are similar to the Ann Arbor and Pere Mar- quette ferries in construction being built on the transverse system of framing. Both of these ferries are classed by the American Bureau of Shipping and their scantlings are in excess of the bureau’s requirements in certain instances. The elaborateness of hull and machinery of these vessels compare with an ocean freighter. MARINE REVIEW—April, 1927