Porter Hollow Embankment and Culvert

Porter Hollow Embankment and Culvert
Location White Pine Trail at Stegman Creek, W of Summit Ave., Algoma Township, Michigan
Coordinates 43°9′57″N 85°34′1″W / 43.16583°N 85.56694°W / 43.16583; -85.56694Coordinates: 43°9′57″N 85°34′1″W / 43.16583°N 85.56694°W / 43.16583; -85.56694
Built 1885
NRHP Reference #

01001018

[1]
Added to NRHP September 24, 2001
"The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (GR&I) reached Algoma Township in 1867. A series of wooden trestles were built to cross Wicked Creek, later named Stegman Creek. In 1885, after repeated fires and floods, the GR&I hired James House to cut fieldstones from his farm and build this culvert to stabilize the trestle. Eventually, the GR&I abandoned the trestle and buried it intact within a wall of dirt above the culvert."

The Porter Hollow Embankment and Culvert is now a stone bridge and trestle over the Stegman Creek along the White Pine Trail in Algoma Township, Michigan.

History

The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad completed its railway through Algoma Township in 1867. Porter Hollow was an unincorporated community along this route, about 3 miles north of Rockford. At Porter Hollow the railroad built a large wooden trestle over Stegman Creek, then known as Wicked Creek. In 1883 a flood damaged the trestle, and a local farmer, James House, collected field stones to build the current trestle over the creek.

Today

That stone bridge withstood the rigors of railroad use for nearly a century, and it is in good condition today. The trestle is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a key bridge along the White Pine Trail.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (March 13, 2009). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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