PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: BENTON HARBOUR, MI; MAY, 1947
Pere Marquette octagonal crossing gate tower
An early twentieth century crossing tower/Julian Cavalier T
he crossing gate tower shown in the drawings is based on original drawings of the Pere Marquette Railroad dated for November 1903. The structure is labeled on the origi- nals as a “standard balloon tower for
Upper floor
gate crossings” with reference to its oc- tagonal design on the upper story. The wood frame structure has an enclosed stairway leading up to a trap door in the floor of the upper story. Evidently, the placement of the smoke stack var-
ied, as it is shown on one side in the drawings and about at center in the May, 1947 photograph of the tower at Benton Harbour, Michigan.
My thanks to the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc., for having the original material available for this article.
Trap door
Stove
10′-2″ Lower level/stairway
Up 7′-1″ 72
Trackside view
APRIL 2014
4′-1″ 7′-2″
11′-6″
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100