Larry Bohn details early freight hauling in the Manitowoc area. Timber was the primary resource hauled by rail and ferry. He vividly recalls the loss of cargo from and the sinking of Ferry #4 during a bad storm.|00:00:00-Part 1 Introduction00:00:41-Part 2 Car ferries, dredging the harbor and bulk unloaders00:03:21-Part 3 An 1880s railroad locomotive repair shop was having financial difficulties. Manitowoc chose not to help them and they moved to Kaukauna.00:06:15-Part 4 Industrialization in Manitowoc and the status quo attitude. Why Milwaukee chosen as a major Lake Michigan port rather than Manitowoc which had a better natural harbor.00:09:31-Part 5 Move of the shipyard to Sturgeon Bay because of space issues. The crane business stayed in Manitowoc.00:11:29-Part 6 Transportation history.00:14:54-Part 7 First steam locomotive Rosemere was shipped here by the schooner Mediterranean. Railroad Milwaukee Lakeshore and Western Appleton and New London became Milwaukee Lakeshore. Primarily freight was transported by rail rather than by ship, very few passengers in 1870s.00:22:33-Part 8 Milwaukee Lakeshore and Western were absorbed by Chicago Northwestern in 1893. Milwaukee Road00:23:47-Part 9 Railroad barons, revenue and backing00:25:27-Part 10 Timber was the primary freight for the railroads.00:28:59-Part 11 During the 1970s the ferries hauled pipes for the Alaskan pipeline.00:31:08-Part 12 Upper Car Ferry Dock is an astounding navigational feat. 00:33:09-Part 13 Necessity of car ferries00:37:32-Part 14 Describes the physical changes in car ferries over the years.00:38:13-Part 15 Car Ferry tragedies on Lake Michigan. Safety measures, weather forecasting now used.00:48:24-Part 16 Car Ferry schedules, ride, food00:53:41-Part 17 Automobile travel00:55:08-Part 18 Iron ore trestle in Ashland was built from timber from Shell Lake as noted by his grandfather’s mark on timber. The timber was then used to build a house in Shell Lake.