Saugatuck Marine Museum STEAMSHIP KEEWATIN

By C. Patrick Labadie
Published on September 1, 1969
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Throttle and reversing gear of KEEWATIN'S big c.
Throttle and reversing gear of KEEWATIN'S big c.
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Forward portion of KEEWATIN'S engine room showing starting platform and two steam-driven dynamoes. Picture by Bob Borkowski.
Forward portion of KEEWATIN'S engine room showing starting platform and two steam-driven dynamoes. Picture by Bob Borkowski.
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A view of the handsome old KEEWATIN under steam in 1946. She is preserved literally unchanged where she is now open to the public. Photograph by Bob Borkowski.
A view of the handsome old KEEWATIN under steam in 1946. She is preserved literally unchanged where she is now open to the public. Photograph by Bob Borkowski.

Curator, Douglas, Michigan 49406

Your readers will be interested to know that a fine, operable
steam plant is preserved aboard the retired steamship KEEWATIN at
Saugatuck-Douglas, Michigan. The old ship is doubly significant
because she is the last of the Great Lakes’ overnight passenger
boats, and a coal-burner at that!

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