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Baldwin, MI - Coaling Tower
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]
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