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Location: Presque Isle, MI - Marquette Street Railway Power House ♦
The Marquette City & Presque Isle Railway's power house and car barns were located in the Presque Isle area north of Marquette. [SBM-1911]
Image info: A 1911 drawing of the power house and car barn at Presque Isle. [SBM-1911]
Notes
The power house had two boilers and three generators which produced electricity to operate the street railway system. The car barn had five tracks and included a machine shop. [SBM-1911]
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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
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