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Lansing, MI - PM Coal facility
The Pere Marquette coaling facility in Lansing was at Ensel Yard. It had a 150 ton capacity with two chutes and an electric elevator. (c.1942).
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1917. The company will erect a 50,000 gallon water tank at Ensel, just outside the north yards were its new electric coal loading station has been established. The company will pipe water from Jones Lake, establishing a pump house at the lake. [LSJ-1917-0127]
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