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We were excited to see that Vintage Financial Services LLC, one of our early sponsors, was recently recognized as one of the top wealth management firms in Michigan by both Forbes and Barron’s magazines. Vintage was our first sponsor at the Leader level with a commitment of $100,000.
Frank Moore, founder of Vintage, said “It has been great to watch the progress of the trail over the past couple years. The hard work of a lot of volunteers and the financial support of the community will make this a wonderful asset to the area. We’re proud to help make the trail a reality.”
Thank you Vintage Financial Services for your continued support of the B2B!
We were excited to see that Vintage Financial Services LLC, one of our early sponsors, was recently recognized as one of the top wealth management firms in Michigan by both Forbes and Barron’s magazines. Vintage was our first sponsor at the Leader level with a commitment of $100,000.
Frank Moore, founder of Vintage, said “It has been great to watch the progress of the trail over the past couple years. The hard work of a lot of volunteers and the financial support of the community will make this a wonderful asset to the area. We’re proud to help make the trail a reality.”
We would like to thank everyone that provided the numerous ideas on that these tall pyramid structure foundations were from. Based on numerous inputs, including the Downer Family, who purchased the land in the 1820's from then President Andrew Jackson, and still live along this trail segment, along the informative video link Nathan Dawson provided from Chelsea Grain, we now believe these concrete structures were foundations for the water tower that was in this area. The water was taken from 4 Mile Lake and stored in the water tower, which was used by the steam engines. The unique part of this, is that this segment of track had a belly loading on the fly "track pan" or also known in Britain a "water trough", which allowed steam engines to load the water without having to stop, which was much more efficient than stopping to pick up water, and allowed the train to carry less water and more payload. So at this time we believe the concrete foundations supported this water tower.
We do plan to reuse these concrete structures as for a TBD use and we are looking at an educational opportunity in this area too!
Thanks again for everyone sharing your ideas and thought!It would be a neat idea to rebuild the structure using the supports. Perhaps have a drinking fountain under it. As a water stop.
Great story.
Category Archives: Border-to-Border Trail
2.6 New B2B Miles Open on December 8!
HWPI and WCPARC are thrilled to announce the opening of a new B2B trail segment! This segment covers 2.6 miles beginning at the intersection of Werkner Road and M52, north of Chelsea, and ending at the DNR’s Green Lake Campground … Continue reading
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M52 Phase 1 Nearing Completion
All summer, it’s been fun to watch the construction progress on M52 Phase 1 of the B2B’s Chelsea-Stockbridge connector. We’ve seen clearing, grading, retaining wall and boardwalk construction, etc., all of which have been interesting. Yet there is something special about getting … Continue reading
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