Author: Pere Marquette RailroadPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Pere Marquette Service
Author: Pere Marquette RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Orders and Opinions of the Michigan Public Service Commission
Author: Michigan. Public Service CommissionPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Pere Marquette
Author: Graydon M. MeintsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781611863659
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Pere Marquette Railroad has not one but two histories--one for the twentieth century and one for the nineteenth. While the twentieth-century record of the Pere Marquette Railroad has been well studied and preserved, the nineteenth century has not been so well served. This volume aims to correct that oversight by focusing on the nineteenth-century part of the company's past, including the men who formed and directed these early roads, and the development of the system. The Pere Marquette Railroad was formed in 1900 by a merger of three Michigan railroad companies and lasted forty-seven years, disappearing in June 1947 by merger into the maw of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Prior to the 1900 merger, the Pere Marquette Railroad's predecessors made up a motley collection of disconnected and unaffiliated short, local rail lines. After the financial panic of 1893, and with some commonality of ownership, the companies worked together more closely. Before the end of the decade, the three main railroads--the Flint & Pere Marquette; the Detroit, Lansing & Northern; and the Chicago & West Michigan--had decided that the only way to maintain solvency was to merge. Using a plethora of primary sources including railway timetables and maps, this work lends insight into the little-known corporate business history of the Pere Marquette Railroad.
Twelve Twenty-Five
Author: Kevin P. KeefePublisher:
ISBN: 9781611862034
Category : Pere Marquette 1225 (Steam locomotive)
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This against-all-odds story of a World War II era steam locomotive captures the determination of two generations of volunteers to keep it running. The narrative traces the train s regular freight service in Michigan, its unlikely salvation from the scrapyard, and the subsequent work to bring it back to steam. This is the tale of the revival of a significant steam locomotive and a triumph of historic preservation."
Orders and Opinions
Author: Michigan Railroad CommissionPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Orders and Opinions of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Author: Michigan Public Utilities CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
The Official Railway Equipment Register
Author: The Port of Milwaukee
Author: Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor CommissionersPublisher:
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Ludington
Author: James L. CabotPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738539515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The lumbering industry brought thousands of workers and their families to labor in the mills of Ludington and in the forests along the Pere Marquette River in the 19th century. Though some moved on to new lumbering areas, many remained and prospered as Ludington grew to become a manufacturing, transportation, and tourism center in the 20th century. Ludington: 1830-1930 features more than 220 images from the collection assembled by Ludington historian James L. Cabot, which show the progress of the community from a lumber-era boom town to a solid and enduring city. The book focuses on Ludington people and places during this pivotal century. Notable events chronicled within include the 1876 assassination of Luther H. Foster, the precipitous decline in lumbering in the 1890s, and the completion of the Million Dollar Harbor, which in 1914 confirmed the city's status as an important Great Lakes port.
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