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Port of Manistique
The Port of Manistique is located on the northern shore of Lake Michigan about forty miles east of Escanaba. This port shipped out forest products and received coal. It was also the location of a railroad car ferry operation from received and dispatched railroad freight cars to and from Northport and Elberta which lasted until the 1960's.
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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