Ashtabula (ferry)

The Ferry Ashtabula, just off Port Burwell, Ontario.

The Ashtabula was a ferry that traveled between Ashtabula, Ohio, on the south shore of Lake Erie, to Port Burwell, Ontario, on the north shore.[1][2] She was built in 1906, at the Great Lakes Engineering Works, in St. Clair, Michigan. She sank in 1958, after colliding with the Ben Moreell.

References

  1. "Ashtabula (Ferry), U203071, sunk by collision, 18 Sep 1958". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2011-11-14. Sunk in collision with steamer BEN MOREELL in harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio, September 18, 1958.
  2. "The Water Front, Port Burwell, Canada". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2011-11-14. The Pennsylvania-Ontario Transportation Company railroad car ferry ASHTABULA lies in the harbour.