This is the former Grand Trunk Western coaling tower at Durand, located in the yard 1/4 mile north of the depot. The dock was built in August, 1886 and still exists today.
Image info: Top, photographed in 1986, one hundred years after it was built and later abandoned. [Charlie Whipp]
This coaling tower had a capacity of 300 tons of coal and was built by the Ogle Construction Co. [SMCT]
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