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: Source - <small> [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11893534/the_ludington_daily_news/ Tribute to 'The Father of the Fleet'] (part 2) <small> ''Such is a brief and factual summary of his life as the builder and operator of the world's largest carferry fleet.''</small> | : Source - <small> [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11893534/the_ludington_daily_news/ Tribute to 'The Father of the Fleet'] (part 2) <small> ''Such is a brief and factual summary of his life as the builder and operator of the world's largest carferry fleet.''</small> | ||
: Source - <small> [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11944088/ World's Largest Carferry Fleet In Port] </small> | : Source - <small> [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11944088/ World's Largest Carferry Fleet In Port] </small> | ||
| − | * '''ALT2''' ...that '''[[William L. Mercereau]]''' was known as the 'father of the railroad on the water' because he developed out the idea of loading the complete railroad freight car onto cross-lake ferries? | + | * '''ALT2''' ...that '''[[William L. Mercereau]]''' was known as the 'father of the railroad on the water' because he developed out the idea of loading the complete railroad freight car as a unit onto cross-lake ferries? |
: Source - <small> [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11985994/ Detailed History of the 'Railroad on the Water'] </small> --[[User:Doug Coldwell|Doug Coldwell]] ([[User talk:Doug Coldwell|talk]]) 15:15, 28 June 2017 (UTC) | : Source - <small> [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11985994/ Detailed History of the 'Railroad on the Water'] </small> --[[User:Doug Coldwell|Doug Coldwell]] ([[User talk:Doug Coldwell|talk]]) 15:15, 28 June 2017 (UTC) | ||
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Gorgonia mariae]] | :* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Gorgonia mariae]] | ||
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William L. Mercereau
- ... that William L. Mercereau was the builder and operator of the world's largest carferry fleet and was the superintendent of the steamships during his working career?
- ALT1 ...that William L. Mercereau was the builder and operator of the world's largest carferry fleet that he started in 1899?
- Source - Tribute to 'The Father of the Fleet' (part 1) -even then the largest carferry fleet in the world-
- Source - Tribute to 'The Father of the Fleet' (part 2) Such is a brief and factual summary of his life as the builder and operator of the world's largest carferry fleet.
- Source - World's Largest Carferry Fleet In Port
- ALT2 ...that William L. Mercereau was known as the 'father of the railroad on the water' because he developed out the idea of loading the complete railroad freight car as a unit onto cross-lake ferries?
- Source - Detailed History of the 'Railroad on the Water' --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:15, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 14:21, 25 June 2017 (UTC).
- Comment: "world's largest" may not hold up, googling for world's largest car ferry fleet returns BC Ferries in Canada (36), not Pere Marquette. Competing sources are going to complicate this. Can you add a year for when Pere Marquette claimed to be top? Or replace world claim with a specific number? 70.67.222.124 (talk) 16:53, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
- Attention I.P. - Conversation of such nature should be done at the article Talk Page. The DYK reviewer can determine what the solution is here. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:47, 26 June 2017 (UTC)