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Railroad: Menominee Electric Light, Railway and Power Company (E)
Built → Menominee Electric Light Railway and Power Co. → Menominee & Marinette Light & Traction Co.
Acquired: 1892 - Menominee Electric Railway & Power Company.
Operated for 11 years.
Merged: 1903 - into Menominee & Marinette Light & Traction Company.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Construction of Menominee electric lines began in 1890. along with a similar company in Marinette, WI, they served the area interchanging passengers in the middle of the interstate bridge. Both railroads were owned by their respective electric power companies. In 1903, these parent companies combined and so did the railroads.
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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