Talk:Saugatuck Chain Ferry

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Did you know... that the Saugatuck Chain Ferry is believed to be the last operating hand-cranked chain ferry in the United States?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 16:35, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Saugatuck Chain Ferry

... that the Saugatuck Chain Ferry (pictured) is the only operating hand-cranked chain ferry in the Great Lakes region of North America? Source: Fodor's Travel and Herald Palladium
- ALT1:... that the Saugatuck Chain Ferry (pictured) is believed to be the last operating hand-cranked chain ferry in the United States? Source: MLive and Chicago Tribune
- ALT2:... that the original Saugatuck Chain Ferry went out of business in 1940 after being bypassed by an automobile bridge and replaced by a rowboat? Source: MLive and Holland Evening Sentinel

Reviewed: Luigi Fugazy

Created by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 04:14, 28 March 2021 (UTC).Reply

Hi Michael Barera, review follows: article moved to mainspace 28 March; article exceeds minimum length; I didn't find any overly close paraphrasing from sources in a random spotcheck; sources look to be reliable and there are no uncited statements in the article; all hook facts are mentioned in the article, cited and check out to the sources; image is appropriate, use dint he article and freely licensed; just awaiting a QPQ to be carried out - Dumelow (talk) 07:48, 28 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Dumelow: Thanks for your review! QPQ is now done. Michael Barera (talk) 17:10, 28 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Approving, all looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 06:17, 29 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

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