Coles Creek Trestle, Atlantic, MI - (COPR)
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Location: Coles Creek Trestle, Atlantic, MI - (COPR)
The Copper Range Railroad main line crossed Cole's Creek on a 320 foot long, 85 foot high timber trestle at this location.
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Time Line
1899. July. An unknown man employed in the construction crew of the Copper Range railroad was killed this morning by a caving sand bank at Coles Creek, Just west of Houghton. [DFP-1899-0728]
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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