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Journey moves state park’s historic building out of harms way After months of planning, Orchard Beach State Park’s historic shelter building now sits a safe 230 feet back from the eroding Lake Michigan shoreline. The necessary, winding, 1,200-foot journey through this popular park in Manistee, Michigan, wasn’t swift; the entire move took 23 hours over three days, from Thursday, Dec. 10, to Saturday, Dec. 12.
For more than 70 years, the building sat perched high atop a bluff overlooking the Great Lake. However, high water and wave action have made the bluff unstable, requiring that the 850-ton building be relocated within the park to preserve its story, protect public safety and keep the building open for future recreation.
Michigan DNR completes move of historic state park shelter threatened by erosion
By Jack Nissen
(Joel Marotti | Michigan Department of Natural Resources)
MANISTEE, Mich. - A west Michigan state park shelter has found a new home after a 23-hour journey moved the historic building away from the eroding Lake Michigan beach it sat on for more than 70 years.
Over the weekend, the Orchard Beach State Park s famed outlook that sat above the Great Lakes completed its 1,200-foot journey to its new resting place, which is about 230 feet from the shoreline.
Moving the pavilion at Orchard Beach. Excavation showing holes cut in foundation for access to excavate under the building.