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27 Pere Finding Aid Folder 1 January 14, 1916 is a description of the proposed bridge D 24.2 to replace bridge built in 1889 by the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works. The 1916 bridge program, replacements of steel bridges was recommended, i.e., D 14.0 Oak D
24.2 T 54.7 Northville The bridge at Oak is not represented in this Pere Marquette file.
The correspondence relates specifically to the bridge at Acc.# 92.92.2L Correspondence dating from January 14, 1916 - August 28, 1916 of Walter S. Newhall Co., Engineering and Construction, Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western R.R.Co.; George F. Bristol, Detroit Iron & Steel Works; Iliff Brothers Contractors; Engineer of Bridges & Structures; Pere Marquette Railroad Company; Blaw Steel Construction Co.; M. Rabbitt & Sons; W .E. Tench & Co.; Wyandotte Portland Cement Co. Acc. # 92.92.L Description of bridge known as D.24.2. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 2 Correspondence dating from September 2, 1916 - December 20, 1916. Acc. # 92.92.L
September 6, 1916 includes pencil sketch of an abutment and pier. Acc.# 92.92.L October 17, 1916 - cars received and unloaded at bridge D 24.2 to date. October 30, 1916 - pencil drawing of pier from footing to bank. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 3 Correspondence dating from January 2, 1917 - March 3, 1917. Acc. # 92.92.L Partial estimate for work during December 1916. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 4 May 16, 1916 – cover letter. Acc. # 92.92.L. Blueprint of bridge, known as D 24.2. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 5 Contract for building of bridge D 24.2. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 6 Letters and recommendations of Engineers. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 7 Invoices and expenses relative to building bridge D 24.2. Acc. # 92.92.L Folder 8: News Clippings
October 17, 1990. Acc. #2002.218.03
November 10, 1944
Pere
October 24, 1990. Historic steam engine No. 1225. Acc. # 2002.218.06 October 25, 1990. Restored 1225 steam-powered train engine Acc. #2002.218.04. “Two Freight Wrecks Occur at 1913. The Observer and Eccentric September 20, 1990 “Precious Cargo Rides the Rails: Prosperity Tracks Through Time Partial acc. #79.1.------ “The Big Diamond-Plymouth Story of C & O’s Railroad Operations,” Plymouth Mail, Jan. 15, 1953
Folder 9: Booklets, Newsletters and Folders
Booklet Published by Pere Acc. #2002.6476
Folder of statistics for Pere Marquette No. 1225. Acc. # 2002.218.08 September 1990, Newsletter –“1225 to Return to the Pere January 1946, Time Table No. 67. Acc. #78.35.3L of the Railroad. Acc. #2260 . Pere Report of the Flint & Pere Marquette ----Road Company, Traffic Reports; Acc.#78.35.4L Pere Marquette Railway log September/October 1994, Folder 10 Advertising
August 26, 1900.
Advertising poster “7 hours to October 10, year not stated. Advertising Hon. W.J. Bryan, political speaker.
June 20, 1927 Newspaper Advertisement . Acc. #L472 “Excursion to “Low Vacation Fares”, June 20, 1927
Folder
11. Pere
Tickets. Acc. #1188 & #2007.102.01 Telephone message blanks. Acc. #78.35.5L Time card Acc. # L411. Postcards. Acc. #97.60.18 Business card, 2 matchbox covers, in Pere Marquette envelope. Envelope; Acc. #6475a Pass for Pere . Pere Marquette Line Steamer ticket. Acc. #2155.L2387 Two coins run over by 1225, Saturday 20, 1990. Acc. #218.07 Pere Marquette Railroad Co. pass; Acc. #78.35.1L Pere Pere
Pass for
Pere Pere Map of Pere Marquette railway connections (Acc. #2007.40.05) Folder 12: Stock Certificates April 7, 1888; Flint-Pere Marquette Stock Certificate issued to Palmer E. Presbrey in the amount of 100 Shares; Acc. # L477 April 7, 1888; Flint-Pere Marquette Stock Shares issued to Samuel S. Sands & Co. in the amount of 100 Shares. Acc. # 81.57.179L
April 13, 1888; Flint-Pere Marquette Stock Certificates issued to Samuel S. Sands in the amount of 100 Shares. Acc. #1369
April 26, 1888: Folder 13 Photos
Shears cut west of Depot at Stark-1912. Acc. # 91.94.3L Pere Pere Pere
Postcard of P.M.R.R. Yards; Acc. # 2001.087.112 . Pere
Railroad trestle south of Wilcox Pond Acc. #10005-382; Pere Round-house
Pere Marquette Depot and some of the employees. Acc. # 74.51 Candid photos of workmen. Pere
Pere Train on turntable-1930 Plymouth Station and train Railroad crew at station Acc.# 79.50.7L Three drawings of locomotives Winter scene with locomotive 2200. Have negative 41B Engine #402 with crew. 41C, have negative. Men working on Pere Marquette viaduct-1934. 2200 copy of acc. # L769e Pere Laying track, Harry Brown on trailer. Acc. #2001.222.33 Pere Pere Harry Liable and son Milton. 2200. 41F- have negative. Candid photographs of train and interior. Train crossing trestle. Acc. #2200-L769d. Pere Pere Nankin Dam. Acc. #2200 77.248.9
Postcards; three identical; Acc. #s L379 2157-004, 2157-004 97.60.19, 2157-004 93.104.10 View of bridge construction. No acc. Number.
Construction of highway viaduct 1934 Acc. #L770 2000 Building viaduct and road under Pere Marquette Railroad. Acc. #L769b 2000 Pere Engine 614 and engineer. No acc. number. Postcard of Pere Pere View of overpass with train on track. Acc. #L7698. 2200 Negatives. One 8x10 and 4 Kodak TMX 5052 Pere Engine with crew. No acc. no. Pere Located in vertical file drawer.
Railroad crew in front of #924 Acc. #2007.106.01 Postcard of dining cars on the Pere Marquette Acc. #2007.144.01
Photo of Freight House Pamphlet of trip on Pere Marquette Folder 1
Photos of locomotives Flint
& Pere
One
of the last steam engines in Postcard of an engine. Acc. # 82.43.5L Pere Pere Photos (4) of Engine # 614 Pere Engine # 323 and crew; Acc. # 2001.087.097 Engine #323 and crew; Acc. # 41F Pere Marquette Engine 393 on a snowy day; Acc # 41B Eight-wheeled “American” Locomotive “Mogul” Locomotive Double-truck Narrow-Gauge Tank Locomotive Pere Engine #230 Pere Pere Folder 15. Pere Pere Pere Pere
Postcard of Folder 16 Construction Photographs Construction under trestle; Acc. # L769 b through f Laying track,
Constructing highway viaduct
east
of Train on viaduct with scaffolding. Acc. #1138C Laying track on Pere Marquette RR,
Work on viaduct under new highway east of Series of photos showing construction on viaduct; Acc. #L769e Work on Pere Marquette overpass. L#769c 2200
Two photos of Pere Marquette locomotive in (Acc. #2008.02.01 & #2008.02.02)
Entry 8: Roundhouse Photo of roundhouse turntable Photo of roundhouse crew prior to 1930 Photo of roundhouse (Acc. #73.24.38) (2 copies) Inside the roundhouse (Acc. #82.4301L) Slide of Roundhouse (Acc. #2007.193.01) Entry 9: Articles about “The Great Salem Train Wreck” pamphlet, 1991 (2 copies) Ruler from train wreck “Tragedy on the Tracks,” “Appalling Disaster,” “The Pere-Marquette Train Crash” “Two Freight Train Wrecks Occur at “1907 railroad wreck claimed 33 dead, 100 injured,” Plymouth Observer, Aug. 10, 1987 “Search for relatives begins after train crash,” Plymouth Observer, Aug. 3, 1987 “Fatal Train Crash in 1907 a spur for Safety Devices,” (Acc. #75.58.1) “Verdict in The “Pere Marquett’s Awful Wreck,” Plymouth Mail, July 26, 1907 “Many shocked by 1907 wreck,” Observer & Eccentric, Dec. 30, 1974 “Crew of freight train under fire for wreck,” Observer & Eccentric, Oct.12, 1987 “Crooked line of dots caused 1907 train tragedy,” Observer & Eccentric, Aug. 17, 1987 “Farmer saw that trains were going to crash,” Observer & Eccentric, July 27, 1987 “ “Town shaken by railroad tragedy 80 years ago,” Observer & Eccentric, July 20, 1987 “Schedule problem caused crash,” Observer & Eccentric, Jan. 6, 1975 “One more victim,”
Plymouth Mail “Eye Witness to State’s Worst Train Wreck Recalls Its Horror,” Plymouth Mail, April 28, 1939 “Area historians keep track of railroading’s past,” Observer & Eccentric, Sept. 20, 1990 Ivey, Paul, Wesley, The Pere Marquette Railroad Company, 1919 Framed photo collage located in train station-(Acc. #75.54.15, #78.84.14L, #78.72.16L, #73.34, #76.141.68A, #73.110) Books Million, Arthur B., Passenger Car Pictorial, 2002 (Acc. #2007.105.01) |
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