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Relics and Ruins: Dickenson County (22)
Relic: C&NW Bridge to Niagara, Wisconsin over the Menominee River, Quinnesec
Location: On the CN Niagara Branch over the Menominee Rover
What's There: 320 feet (x 18') steel through truss bridge on concrete piers. This route served the Kimberly-Clark paper mill in Niagra, Wisconsin (now closed)
Longitude/Latitude: 45o46.483'N - 88o 59.180'W
Vision: ...a C&NW switch engine huffs up the grade with paper products in box cars, headed for the interchange in Quinnesec
Relic: CMStP&P Bridge over the Menominee River
Location: On the MILW bridge south of Kingsford (state line) over the Menominee River
What's There: 180 foot steel arch span with two sets of steel deck girder approach spans - 330' total in length, all resting on concrete piers and abutments.
Longitude/Latitude: 45o46.840'N - 88o 03.428'W
Vision: ...a MILW freight train heads into Wisconsin from Michigan.
Relic: Iron Mountain Chicago & North Western Depot
Location: West side of S. Stephenson Avenue, south of E. Ludington Street
What's There: Old passenger station, now a retail business
Longitude/Latitude: 45o49.192'N - 88o 03.931'W
Vision: ...a C&NW passenger training bringing iron miners to the iron range.
Relic: Iron Mountain Milwaukee Road Depot
Location: On the E&LS right of way, between B and C streets in Iron Mountain
What's There: Old passenger station, unoccupied.
Longitude/Latitude: 45o49.031N - 88o 03.989W
Vision: ...the MILW Copper Country Limited stops here, enroute to Calumet in the copper range.
Relic: Wisconsin & Michigan railroad underpass
Location: On the CN right-of-way, just west of Sturgeon (south of Loretto)
What's There: Remnants of the W&M underpass under the old C&NW right of way.
Longitude/Latitude: 45o46.090N - 87o 49.699W
Vision: ...a northbound W&M train emerges from the underpass, blowing smoke from its stack going up the grade to Loretto with ore empties.
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