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Railroad: Superior Terminal Railway Company
The Superior Terminal Railway company was established in 1893 to operate a railroad near the Lake Superior Mine in Ishpeming. The railroad apparently operated until 1931.
Built → Superior Terminal Railway Co.. → Lake Superior Iron Company
Built: 1893 at the Lake Superior mine.
Operated for 38 years.
Ended: 1931 (disolved)
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Time Line
1931. The MPUC authorizes the Superior Terminal Railway Co. to sell its rights of way, tracks, equipment and other railroad property to the Lake Superior Iron Company. [MPUC-1931]
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