This is the former Pere Marquette coaling tower in Ludington, MI, which was their terminal at Lake Michigan for their car ferries to Wisconsin.
This tower still exists as of 2020.
Image info: Top, taken in 2001. [Tim Shanahan]
This coaling tower was built by Fairbanks-Morse in 1939. 500 ton capacity. [SMCT]
1903. A new coaling station was built. [MCR-1903]
1939. A replacement coaling tower was built here by Fairbanks-Morse. 500 tons. [SMCT]
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