Railroad: Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad Company


Bay de Noquet & Marquette Railroad Marquette & Ontonagon Railroad → Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway


Bought: Bay de Noquet & Marquette Railroad in 1871

Operated for 15 years.

Acquired: 1872 - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon.

Acquired: 1879 - Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette railroad

Became: 1886 - Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railway

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes


Time Line

1863. Received former M&O Railway land grant from state legislature. [DSS]

1865. Construction began west from Lake Superior mine towards Ontonagon, from a point 2 miles north of Winthrop at a location known as Ontonagon Junction. This was a connection with the BdN&M. Mining interests south of Lake Michigamme motivated the M&O to build south of the lake. The line was completed approximately to Champion. [DSS]

1871. August. The BdN&M is consolidated into the M&O through a stock exchange. [DSS]

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

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