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Location: Escanaba, MI - C&NW Tie Preservation Plant
The Chicago & North Western railroad had a large tie preservation plant at Escanaba along Little Bay de Noc just south of ore dock #5, and the current location of the flat ore loading facility.
Image info: This is a 1917 overhead map of the C&NW Escanaba tie plant, located along the bay next to ore dock #5 and #6. [CNWV]
Notes
Time Line
1930. July. The tie preserving plant of the C&NW road was closed yesterday and will remain out of commission for two months. Each summer the plant is closed for a short period but the present term of idleness promises to be considerably longer than usual. [EDP-1930-0709]
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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