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Photographer: Photo courtesy of the Fort Malden Museum.
Caption: Rails Through Grosse Ile with the Canada Southern Railroad Marker — far right image
Additional Description: "Transfer," the steam paddlewheel ferry that transported rail cars across the Detroit River between Stony Island and Gordon, Ontario, about 1875. The ferry service ended in 1888.
Submitted: July 12, 2020, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p529653
File Size: 4.939 Megabytes

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