Essexville, MI: Lafarge Cement and 1961 544mw Dan E Karn Power Plant

Cement: (3D Satellite)

Power Plant: (3D Satellite)

Todd Shorkey posted
Samuel de Champlain - Innovation on the Saginaw River, unloading at the Lafarge Cement Dock in Essexville on December 2, 2021.

Mike Myers posted
The Alpena unloading at LaFarge in Essexville 11-6-22.
Carolyn Venditti: I'm not sure why, but the Alpena makes my heart sing! Thank you for this awesome photo!

 

Brian Benson posted
Look who paid a visit to Essexville, MI yesterday.  Marine Traffic shows her still there.  Shore leave in Bay City is the best! 🙂
[Since the group is public, I'll just mention that some of the comments describe how the air makes the cement flow like a liquid.]

Todd Shorkey posted four drone photos with the comment: "The tug Samuel de Champlain and cement barge Innovation on the Saginaw River, just before departing the Lafarge Cement Dock in Essexville.  12/14/21"

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1 of 4 posted by Ben Vanochten
Alpena moored at the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville this morning [Sep 16, 2022]!

Todd Shorkey posted
Alpena on the Saginaw River, unloading cement at the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville on October 1st [2022].

Consumers Energy plans to retire both 272mw units in 2023. This plant receives coal by ship instead of train. [gem]

Ken Lund, CC BY, cropped via EarthJustice

nadc
[Evidently before 2008 they tore out an old flue gas treatment facility and installed a new one that used "pulse jet fabric filter systems."]

3D Satellite
[Have the four units on the right already been taken out of service? I could not find any info on them.]

Roger Riblett shared Andrew Dean Detroit's post of nine photos with the comment: "Paul R. Tregurtha unloading coal at Dan E. Karn Power Plant. 8-1-2021"

Dennis DeBruler

I'm glad he caught this action because the plant is supposed to close in 2023.

https://www.gem.wiki/Karn_Generating_Plant

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Bonus:

1 of 5 photos posted by Ben VanOchten
The Algoma Intrepid was in Essexville to unload at the Wirt Sand and Stone Dock and I was able to capture her turning around in the middle of the Saginaw River!

This must be Wirt Sand and Stone Dock. I wonder what needs to be covered. Do they also handle salt?

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Bonus

1:02:25 video about "Docks, Cargoes, and Vessels of the Saginaw River w/ Todd Shorkey (February 2024)" that starts at 6:41.