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Railroad: Michigan and Ohio Railroad Company, The
Toledo & Milwaukee Railway → Michigan & Ohio Railroad → Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw railroad
Built: 1883 - from Allegan to Dundee. Consolidated: Toledo & Milwaukee Railway and Toledo & Michigan.
Operated for 3 years.
Sold: 1886 - at foreclosure to Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Time Line
1883. November 28. The line is opened from Allegan to Dundee after consolidating two other lines. [LDP-1883-1206]
1884. The Michigan & Ohio has contracted for 225,000 bricks from Dundee, and 150,000 from Battle Creek, for use in the construction of the Marshall shops. [DFP-1884-0325]
1886. The line is sold in foreclosure to the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw railroad.
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