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Station: Port Huron, MI - GTW Icing Operations
Port Huron had a large icing operation for GTW freight and passenger trains.
Photo Info: Two views from on top of the ice house at Port Huron in 1928. [Charlie Whipp collection]
Notes
Time Line
1881, The GTW builds a 34'x25' 18' high frame ice house at Port Huron. [GTBB]
1898, The GTW builds a second 84'x254' 55' high frame ice house at Port Huron. [GTBB]
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