Railroad: Negaunee & Ishpeming Street Railroad and Electric Company (E)

The Negaunee & Ishpeming Street railroad was organized in 1893 and built a 3.6 mile electric traction railroad from downtown Negaunee to downtown Ishpeming. In 1904 it was sold to the Marquette Gas Light & Traction company and ultimately operated until 1927. [MRL]

Built → Negaunee & Ishpeming Street Railroad & Electric Co. → Marquette Gas Light & Traction Co.

Built: 1893.

Operated for 11 years.

Merged: 1904 - into Marquette Consolidated Gas Light & Traction.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

Started in 1893, this was at first a summer-only operation. Within a couple of years, it was operating year around. For 14 years, it used single-truck cars. The company reorganized into the Marquette Consolidated Gas Light & Traction Co.

Time Line

1892. The Negaunee & Ishpeming street railway took in $500 worth of nickels on the Fourth. Pretty good for an "infant industry." [LAS-1892-0709]