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Location: Bad Axe, MI - Chicory Plant
Photo Info: A chicory plant and elevator at Bad Axe. No further information.
Notes
This facility was noted in a 1909 Sanborn Insurance Map and located in the southwest quadrant of the wye, north of Hilton Street. It was owned at the time by the E. B. Muller & Company.
Chicory is a plant which is often eaten like celery. It is used as a cooking spice.
Today, this is the site of the city's sewage treatment plant.
Time Line
1926. The building existed but was no longer in operation. [SBM-1926]
1909. A 3-bay Pere Marquette engine house was located just south of here in 1909. (Not a roundhouse).
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