Grand Haven, MI - Coaling facility

GTW Grand Haven Coal DockThis is the former Grand Trunk Western 300 ton coal dock at Grand Haven, near the shore of Lake Michigan. The abandoned dock is now incorporated into a city park along with a locomotive. The dock was reportedly built in 1925.

Photo info/credit: 2006 photo.  [Tim Shanahan]

Grand Haven, MI - Coaling facility

GTW Grand Haven Coal DockThis is the former Grand Trunk Western 300 ton coal dock at Grand Haven, near the shore of Lake Michigan. The abandoned dock is now incorporated into a city park along with a locomotive. The dock was reportedly built in 1925.

Photo info/credit: 2006 photo.  [Tim Shanahan]

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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