were in diameter, long and had furnaces in diameter. The entire hull had inch thick steel shell plates and were doubled for from the keel to a line above the water line as extra protection against ice. The No. 18 ferry was not only a railway freight-car delivery vehicle, but also a cruise ship that could accommodate 5,000 excursionists. It had fifty state-rooms and additional berths for sleeping 250 passengers overnight. It ran at an hour in two regular twenty-four hour round trips on her Lake Michigan route from Ludington to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. F & PM superintendent William L. Mercereau authorized Logan's all steel transport cost of $400,000. It was claimed by The Daily Herald newspaper to be one of the fastest boats on Lake Michigan. The first No. 18 sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan with 31 out of its 64 crew members dying. A second No. 18 ferry was built in 1911. Ships No. 17, No.18, and No. 19 followed the general Logan boat layout design of Pere Marquette No. 15 ferry. Personal life Logan was a Thirty-second Degree Mason, Mystic Shrine, Scottish Rite, and a life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married a Eliza Boyd in Scotland in 1883. Logan was general manager for the American Shipbuilding Company until his resignation in 1910. He then maintained a private office in Cleveland as a consulting engineer, which he operated until his death. He died in his home in Cleveland on July 23, 1918. At the time of his death he was survived by three daughters. He was also survived by a son, Corporal Edmund A. Logan. He had two sisters residing in Scotland at the time. References Sources 1861 births 1918 deaths British naval architects Alumni of the University of Glasgow Engineers from Glasgow Canadian naval architects 19th-century British businesspeople