How the Ariel looked initially, before being rebuilt by the State of Michigan for auto ferry service

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The Ariel during one of her many layups after leaving service around 1938 and before being scrapped in 1948.

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The Ariel after being rebuilt by the State of Michigan in 1926 for car ferry service across the Straits of Mackinac.

Photo from the Historical Collection of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University