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Railroad: Buchanan & St. Joseph River Railroad Company
This railroad was built from 1.77 miles from Buchanan to the Buchanan Power and Electric Dam. It became a Michigan Central subsidiary in 1912. It was standard gauge. [MCR-1904]
Built → Buchanan & St. Joseph River Railroad → MCRR
Chartered: 1894.
Built: About 1894 - from Buchanan to Buchanan Power & Electric Dam
Operated by the Michigan Central
Became: Michigan Central Railroad in 1912.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
This line was controlled at time of incorporation by the Michigan Central. According to Michigan Railroad Commission annual reports this line was 1.77 miles in length.
Time Line
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI