Location: Penn Dixie Cement Works, MI

MIGN switches cars at ther Cement Plant Penn Dixie Cement Works locomotiveThe cement works went into production in 1921, owned then by the Petoskey Portland Cement Company. It was sold to Penn-Dixie in 1954. The business declined in the 1970's and filed for bankruptcy in 1980. Though the plant was sold to the Dundee Cement Company, they had no plan to reopen it. It later became Bay Harbor, an exclusive residential and recreation community south of Petoskey.

Photo info: Top photo, the Michigan Northern switches cars at Lamson Yard, south of Petoskey, at the Portland Cement Company in 1982. 2nd photo, the Penn Dixie Cement Works locomotive and crane. 1980. [Both photos, Neil Plagens]


Notes

This plant is still in operation in 1965. It had a quarry at the plant. [DMP] Owned by the Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation of Nazareth, PA.

Location: Section 3 of T34N-R6W.

The cement plant was served by the Pere Marquette, and later C&O and Michigan Northern railways.


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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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