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Location: Grand Rapids, MI - 44th Street Yard
The Pennsylvania railroad's 44th Street Yard extended north from 54th Street to 44th Street south of Grand Rapids in Kent County.
Notes
This was a six track yard (plus main line) was 1.25 miles in length and served industries such as Conway, Grand Rapids Alloys, Vankeulen Winchester Lumber Company, Gordon Foods and Kelvinator. [ZTS]
Time Line
2023. Most of this yard is gone today.
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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