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Mine: Port Dolmite Quarry, Cedarville, MI
Began → Port Dolmite Quarry → Became
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Produced:
Method: Open pit.
Railroad connection: Port Dolmite railroad quarry to dock.
Shipped to: Port Dolmite dock.
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Photo Info: Top, US Steel #114 serves as motive power for limestone operations at Port Dolmite. Photographed in 1966. [Bill Moore]. 2-4th photos, Michigan Limestone's Baldwin switcher switches cars at or near Port Dolmite in the 1980's. [Neil Plagens]. Bottom, the main line of the Carmeuse Lime & Stone railroad near Port Dolmite in 2008. [Dale Berry]
Notes
Port Dolmite is located near Cedarville on the north shore of Lake Huron in Mackinac County.
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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