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Railroad: St. Joseph Valley Rail Road Company
This railroad was built north from Constantine to Three Rivers and became a branch of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad.
Built → St. Joseph Valley railroad → Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad
Built: 1855 - Constantine to Three Rivers
Operated for 14 years.
Sold: 1869 - to Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad.
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Time Line
1880. December 5. On Thursday, the locomotive "Berrien" made her first trip on the St. Joseph Valley Railroad. She took three flat-cars loaded with iron, ties and about 200 people, from the Michigan Central Railroad depot to the new engine house across McCoy's Creek. [DFP-1880-1205]
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