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'Horizon Discovery was the last active Lancer Class container ship. She was a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) Type_C7_ship built by Sun Shipbuilding in Chester, PA. and entered service in 1968 for the United States Lines as American Liberty. After the bankruptcy of the United States Lines she would pass through several owners and name changes until October 2014 when she was retired and sold for scrap by Horizon Lines. She sailed under her own power to the Bay Bridge Scrapyard in Brownsville, Texas In 2012 Sequoia became the center of a civil dispute when her last owner arranged for a $5 million loan from an investment company where the yacht was offered as collateral. The agreement quickly fell into dispute with the lender charging that the vessel's debts and deficiencies had been misrepresented and that it had been fraudulently induced into making the loan. In 2013 the dispute went to a civil lawsuit that would extend into 2016 as the owner and lender disputed the condition of the yacht and the extent of the repairs needed. While the court hearings continued Sequoia sat on a marine railway at a boat yard in Deltaville, Virginia deteriorating and infested with raccoons. On November 14, 2016 the court ruled that Sequoia would be sold to the lenders, FE Partners, for zero dollars.

Category:Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad The Wisconsin Valley Division was an operational division of the Milwaukee Road in the northeastern area of the state of Wisconsin in the United States. Its construction began in the late 1860s by several predicessor railroads that were eventually acquired by the Milwaukee Road. It primarily served the logging industries and agricultural communities. The Division began at the Milwaukee's main line at Tomah, Wisconsin, and later at New Lisbon, Wisconsin. At its peak in the late 19th century the line and its branches extended north to the Michigan border. Abandonments began in 1895 with the shutdown of two large logging mills. Further contractions occurred with the demise of the logging and paper mill industries. All passenger service ceased in 1970. As of 2022 only trackage between New Lisbon and Tomahawk remains in active and are now owned by the Canadian National and Fox Valley and Lake Superior rail systems.

Construction In 1867 began construction at Tomah, Wisconsin and reached in Menenomie Juncion in 1870. Tomah-Babcock built 1873. the Wisconsin Valley Railroad Company was incorporated.

Kaysen, p. 30 (21) Wisconsin Valley Railroad Company Incorporated 16 March 1871 Kaysen, p. 21 1874 (21) Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau 42.70 miles 1876 (21) Wausau to 1 mile north 1879 (21) 1 mile north of Wausau to Merrill 18.53 miles Sold to the Milwaukee Road 19 October 1880

p. 21 1874 (21) Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau 42.70 miles 1876 (21) Wausau to 1 mile north 1877 (25) New Lisbon to Necedah 13.02 miles 1879 (21) 1 mile north of Wausau to Merrill 18.53 miles

Kaysen, p. 30 (21) Wisconsin Valley Railroad Company Incorporated 16 March 1871 Kaysen, p. 21 1874 (21) Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau 42.70 miles 1876 (21) Wausau to 1 mile north 1879 (21) 1 mile north of Wausau to Merrill 18.53 miles Sold to the Milwaukee Road 19 October 1880

Camden Terminal was a riverfront intermodel terminal on the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and later the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL). It provided a crucial link between Camden and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a time when there was no bridge spanning the Delaware River and crossings could only be made by ferry. The complex grew from the middle of the 19th century into the early 20th century. Ferry passengers would connect to the PRR for New York or stations in southern New Jersey as well as to trolleys and buses for local destinations. At its peak it had six ferry slips and twelve passenger tracks. It also had an extensive freight yard to serve the heavy manufacturing industries then in Camden such as New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Campbell Soup Company and the Victor Talking Machine Company which all depended on railroad freight service for delivery of raw materials and shipment of finished products. Its importance began to decline with the opening of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in 1926 and the development of the Bridge Line. It was closed 1952. The Camden waterfront has since been extensively redeveloped for recreational use and the Adventure Aquarium now occupies part of the former PRR ferry terminal site.

Ferry service between Camden and Philadelpia existed since at least 1688. The railroad began to evolve at Camden in 1834 when construction of the Camden and Amboy railroad reached the city. The railroad connected the Delaware River, serving Philadelphia, with the Raritan River, for access to New York City. An 1865 map shows a single building for the railroad.

In 1871 the PRR entered negoations to buy the Camden and Amboy. By 1872 the rail station had expanded at least three tracks. An industry publication reported the expansion at Camden with "new side tracks and other terminal facilities. A new ferry boat...with special reference to forcing her way through the ice in winter."

In 1880 the Philadelphia Bridge Works was contracted to build a new depot in Camden. By the time of its completion later that year there were 128 daily passenger train arrivals and or departures. The 1880 station was "160 by 60 feet, containing waiting-rooms, ticket office, baggage-rooms, etc., and the train-house at the rear of the station proper is 402 feet long with eight tracks and five platforms running the whole length of the house. There is besides a siding and office adjoining the train-house, which will be used for the milk trains."