Durand, MI - Coaling Tower

GTW Durand Coal Dock

This is the former Grand Trunk Western coaling tower at Durand, located in the yard 1/4 mile north of the depot.  The dock was built in August, 1886 and still exists today.

Photo info/credit:  Photographed in 1986, one hundred years after it was built and later abandoned.  [Charlie Whipp]

Durand, MI - Coaling Tower

GTW Durand Coal Dock

This is the former Grand Trunk Western coaling tower at Durand, located in the yard 1/4 mile north of the depot.  The dock was built in August, 1886 and still exists today.

Photo info/credit:  Photographed in 1986, one hundred years after it was built and later abandoned.  [Charlie Whipp]

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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