Coal Shed

Coal Shed is a building in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana. Coal Shed is situated nearby to Bailly Generating Station, as well as near North Blag Slough.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bailly Generating Station and Cowles Bog.

Bailly Generating Station

Photo: Alen Ištoković, CC BY 3.0.

The Bailly Generating Station was a 604-megawatt coal power plant located in Burns Harbor, Indiana, on the shore of Lake Michigan adjacent to the Port of Indiana. Bailly Generating Station is situated 2,300 feet east of Coal Shed.

Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here. Cowles Bog is situated 1½ miles east of Coal Shed.

Joseph Bailly Homestead

Historic site

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. Joseph Bailly Homestead is situated 2 miles southeast of Coal Shed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burns Harbor and Dune Acres.

Burns Harbor

Village

Photo: Kgmnmr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burns Harbor is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States on the shores of Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Dune Acres

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan. Dune Acres is situated 2 miles east of Coal Shed.

Porter

Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.

Coal Shed

Type: Building
Location: Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.64193° or 41° 38′ 31″ north

Longitude

-87.12589° or 87° 7′ 33″ west

Open location code

86HJJVRF+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 469586187

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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