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Railroad: Pennsalt Railroad Company
This was a terminal railroad which connected Penna Salt Manufcaturing Co. on the river with the Detroit Southern railroad (predessor to the DT&I). [MRC-1909]
Built → Pennsalt Railroad → Wyandotte Southern
Built: 1901 - Detroit River at Ecorse-Monguagon Twp. line to Detroit Southern Railroad.
Operated for 7 years.
Renamed: 1908 - as Wyandotte Southern.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
The railroad was originally owned by Pennsylvania investors, likely affiliated with Penn. Salt.
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