Location: Cooke Dam, MI

Cooke Dam was a power dam built in the 1900's on the AuSable River about fifteen miles northwest of Oscoda. Equipment and materials for the dam were provided by the AuSable and Northwestern railroad.

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1911. August 2. General Manager John Cleveland of the Saginaw-Bay City Railway company is issuing invitations for the second trip to be given to Cook dam, the first being constructed by the Eastern Michigan Power Company on the Au Sable. Among those invited are the common council and city officials, with 25 to 30 citizens.

The party will leave Potter street station of the Pere Marquette by special at 7 o'clock, arriving at Au Sable at 10 o'clock. From there the party will proceed over the A&NW narrow gauge to the dam, arriving at 11:15. After inspection of the dam dinner will be served in a tent. Every provision will be made to assure the pleasure and comfort of the party coming and going, and the commissary department is a particularly efficient one.

An early return will be made to permit of inspection of the fire scenes at Au Sable, and supper will be served at Tawas, after which the start for home will be made, arriving here about 9 o'clock in the evening. [SAG-1911-0802]