SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER (1905)
Vintage Passenger Ship Roundup by Peter Knego
(Passenger vessels still afloat in the 21st Century)
SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER at South Chicago, 16 July 1996. Photo
by and copyright Peter Knego.
SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER
The 4,272 gross ton, 361 by 45 foot SS MILWAUKEE CLIPPER began her
career in 1905 as Anchor Line's JUNIATA for Great Lakes cruise service. A
complete rebuilding in 1940 turned the elegant, “funnel aft” steamer into
Wisconsin and Michigan Company’s streamlined ferry liner MILWAUKEE CLIPPER
for cross-lake Muskegon to Milwaukee service. After her retirement in 1970,
she bounced from berth to berth, serving for a time as a floating attraction
at Chicago and nearby Hammond, Indiana. Later, she languished at a South
Chicago coal pier, before being towed to Muskegon, MI for restoration as a
floating museum and hotel/convention center. Having saved her from the
breakers, the non-profit S.S.
Milwaukee Clipper Preservation, Inc. has been working around the clock to restore
this art deco liner to its former glory.
Vintage Passenger Ship Roundup index Previous ship, Next Ship
