Lumber to Limestone: The Port of Calcite |
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aft compound engine Albert Molitor ALICE ST Alpena County American Shipbuilding Company arrived at Calcite attached to Alpena began blacksmith Bradley Transportation Company breakwall brewery Chemical Company claim land compound engine built cordwood county seat County was organized courthouse Crawford's Quarry David Bell Defoe Shipbuilding Company Detroit diesel engine DOLOMITE Dueltgen DUNCAN CITY feet fore and aft Francis Crawford ghost town gross tons harbor facilities harbor tug built KELLERS Lakes Towing Company later repowered lay up basin Limestone and Chemical Limestone Company loading slip lumber maneuvering MCCARTHY Michigan Limestone opposite the loading Paul Bittner Port Huron Port of Calcite present configuration Presque Isle County Rogers Township settlers shipping season sold steamboat steamer B.H. TAYLOR steel harbor tug stone stop at Crawford's Thomas and Leonard town built tug mooring slip tug ROGERS CITY tug was built tug was chartered vessels village of Rogers W.G. MASON WALTER MATTICK west wall WILLIAM Wood hull