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Manistique, MI - M&LS Coal loading facility
This is an example of loading coal into steam locomotive tenders with a conveyor belt system. The conveyor often was positioned under the rail car or in a pit below the coal car. Coal traveled up the conveyor and then through the chute into the tender. This is the Manistique & Lake Superior turntable in Manistique.
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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