Mine: Port Dolmite Quarry, Cedarville, MI


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Method: Open pit.

Railroad connection: Port Dolmite railroad quarry to dock.

Shipped to: Port Dolmite dock.

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 Photo Info: Top, US Steel #114 serves as motive power for limestone operations at Port Dolmite. Photographed in 1966. [Bill Moore]. 2-4th photos, Michigan Limestone's Baldwin switcher switches cars at or near Port Dolmite in the 1980's. [Neil Plagens]. Bottom, the main line of the Carmeuse Lime & Stone railroad near Port Dolmite in 2008. [Dale Berry]


Notes

Port Dolmite is located near Cedarville on the north shore of Lake Huron in Mackinac County. 


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Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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