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Discover the inner workings of the S.S. Badger with new guided tours

To book your ticket, click “Buy Tickets” on the upper right of the S.S. Badger website and then select “Dockside Pilot House ...
MLive

Lake Michigan car ferry captain still uses 1850s technology to send orders to engine room

LUDINGTON, MI – This historic ship that operates a ferry route across Lake Michigan still uses 1850s technology. The captain of the S.S. Badger uses the then-revolutionary Chadburn engine order ...
Staten Island Advance

Staten Island Ferry: When will Sandy Ground boat return to service following engine room fire?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It’s been nearly a year since an engine room fire broke out onboard the brand new Sandy Ground Staten Island Ferry vessel, which was immediately pulled from service and has yet ...
Staten Island Advance

Staten Island Ferry vessel Sandy Ground brought back to St. George after engine fire 2 years ago

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sandy Ground, the Staten Island Ferry vessel named in honor of the nation’s oldest continuously inhabited free Black settlement, is out of dry dock and back in St. George after ...
Marine Link

Hundreds Evacuated from Staten Island Ferry After Engine Room Fire

Five people were injured and hundreds more evacuated after a fire broke out aboard a ferry traveling from Manhattan to Staten Island on Thursday evening, officials said. The Sandy Ground, one of the ...