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Port of Elberta
The Port of Elberta (at Frankfort) is located on Lake Michigan 30 miles north of Manistee in Benzie County. Elberta was the location of the Ann Arbor Railroad car ferry docks which carried railroad cars to and from Gladsone, Manistique and Menomnibnee,, as well as Wisconsin ports of Kewanuee and Manitowoc.
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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