William L. Mercereau

William L. Mercereau (born June 9, 1866 – June 22, 1957) was an American design engineer and business manager of train ferries for the Pere Marquette Railway. He supervised their railroad-over-water system of train ferries as the largest carferry system in the world. His home of his fleet of steel carferries for thirty years was Ludington, Michigan. The ferries were each given a specific individual number with the name S.S. Pere Marquette.

William L. Mercereau

William L. Mercereau (born June 9, 1866 – June 22, 1957) was an American design engineer and business manager of train ferries for the Pere Marquette Railway. He supervised their railroad-over-water system of train ferries as the largest carferry system in the world. His home of his fleet of steel carferries for thirty years was Ludington, Michigan. The ferries were each given a specific individual number with the name S.S. Pere Marquette.