Bay City in Bay County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Train Traffic Control Shack Informational Kiosk
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 21, 2021
1. Informational Kiosk Marker
Inscription.
Train Traffic Control Shack Informational Kiosk. . Historic photographs show two traffic control shacks located on Center Avenue east and west of the railroad tracks that ran down what is now Jefferson Avenue. These hexagon-shaped buildings housed guardsmen when trains left or arrived at the F and PM R.R. Depot, and later the Pere Marquette Depot. Horse and buggy and pedestrian traffic was common during this era, and the guards were able to provide advance warning in an attempt to keep all from approaching the moving trains., The new structure was designed by Tom Freiwald from historic photographs of Battery Park. It was constructed by the Delta College Residential Construction and Construction Management Program under the tutelage of David Bledsoe, Construction Management Coordinator, and students Ian Podsiadlik and Logan Cook., Materials for the kiosk were generously provided by Walt and Carol Weinlander
Historic photographs show two traffic control shacks located on Center Avenue east and west of the railroad tracks that ran down what is now Jefferson Avenue. These hexagon-shaped buildings housed guardsmen when trains left or arrived at the F & PM R.R. Depot, and later the Pere Marquette Depot. Horse and buggy and pedestrian traffic was common during this era, and the guards were able to provide advance warning in an attempt to keep all from approaching the moving trains.
The new structure was designed by Tom Freiwald from historic photographs of Battery Park. It was constructed by the Delta College Residential Construction and Construction Management Program under the tutelage of David Bledsoe, Construction Management Coordinator, and students Ian Podsiadlik and Logan Cook.
Materials for the kiosk were generously provided by Walt and Carol Weinlander
Location. 43° 35.87′ N, 83° 53.188′ W. Marker is in Bay City, Michigan, in Bay County. It is at the intersection of Center Avenue and Adams Street, on the right when traveling east on Center Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 Center Ave, Bay City MI 48708, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Mid-Michigan and in one of the Lake Huron Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 364 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 23, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
