Baldwin, MI - Coaling Tower

PM Baldwin Coal Dock

The former Pere Marquette coaling tower at Baldwin served two lines which crossed in the small village.  The tower was on the north side of the east-west Saginaw to Ludington main line, but it also served locomotives from the nearby Grand Rapids to Petoskey line as well.

Photo info/credit:  

Top:  1983 looking west.  [Charlie Whipp]

Bottom:  1990 looking east.  [Ken Nietering]

Baldwin MI Coal Tower

Baldwin, MI - Coaling Tower

PM Baldwin Coal Dock

The former Pere Marquette coaling tower at Baldwin served two lines which crossed in the small village.  The tower was on the north side of the east-west Saginaw to Ludington main line, but it also served locomotives from the nearby Grand Rapids to Petoskey line as well.

Photo info/credit:  

Top:  1983 looking west.  [Charlie Whipp]

Bottom:  1990 looking east.  [Ken Nietering]

Baldwin MI Coal Tower

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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