Coal-powered Lake Michigan passenger ship to convert to new fuel source
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FILE - Water sprays from a fire engine's aerial ladder as the S.S. Badger makes its final trip of the season into Ludington, Mich., on Oct. 10, 2021. The Badger, a coal-powered passenger steamship on Lake Michigan that's the last of its kind in the U.S., will stop using coal to fuel its historic engines once its operators settle on an alternate power source. (Justin Cooper/Ludington Daily News via AP, File)
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FILE - Lakeview Elementary School Students wave as the 410-foot SS Badger leaves Ludington, Mich., on May 15, 2015, heading for Manitowoc, Wis. The Badger, a coal-powered passenger steamship on Lake Michigan that's the last of its kind in the U.S., will stop using coal to fuel its historic engines once its operators settle on an alternate power source. (Jeff Kiessel/Ludington Daily News via AP, FIle)
LUDINGTON, Mich. — A coal-powered passenger steamship on Lake Michigan that’s the last of its kind in the U.S. will stop using coal to fuel its historic engines once its operators settle on an alternate power source.
FILE - Water sprays from a fire engine's aerial ladder as the S.S. Badger makes its final trip of the season into Ludington, Mich., on Oct. 10, 2021. The Badger, a coal-powered passenger steamship on Lake Michigan that's the last of its kind in the U.S., will stop using coal to fuel its historic engines once its operators settle on an alternate power source. (Justin Cooper/Ludington Daily News via AP, File)
FILE - Lakeview Elementary School Students wave as the 410-foot SS Badger leaves Ludington, Mich., on May 15, 2015, heading for Manitowoc, Wis. The Badger, a coal-powered passenger steamship on Lake Michigan that's the last of its kind in the U.S., will stop using coal to fuel its historic engines once its operators settle on an alternate power source. (Jeff Kiessel/Ludington Daily News via AP, FIle)