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Railroad: Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore Railroad Company, The
The Glencoe, Pinconning and Lake Shore purchased operations from George Campbell & Co. in 1876. The line was sold to the Saginaw Bay & Northwestern in 1880. The line was 12.8 miles long, heading west from Lake Huron near Pinconning into the forests.
Built → Glencoe Pinconning & Lake Shore Railroad → Pinconning Railroad → Saginaw Bay & Northwestern
Built: 1874 from Pinconning to Glencoe
Operated for 5 years.
Became: Pinconning Railroad in 1879.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
This was a logging railroad.
Time Line
1882. May. H.J. Hareltoe, employed by the Glencoe & Pinconning railroad, has recently been found to be $1,200 behind in his accounts. He has disappeared. [LCS-1882-0518]
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