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Station: Columbiaville, MI
Columbiaville was settled about 1847 with a sawmill and was called Niverville. It was renamed in 1857 and became a village in 1879. [MPN]
Columbiaville was on the Michigan Central's Bay City branch, about ten miles north of Lapeer.
Photo Info: Top, an early photo of the Michigan Central depot at Columbiaville. [Alan Loftis]. 2nd & 3rd photos, the same depot captured in 1976. [Charlie Whipp]
Notes
The NYC/PC branch was mostly 105 lb. rail but the section over Columbiaville Hill north of milepost 69 was relaid with 132 lb. rail. [CW]
The Detroit and Bay City Railroad reported to the Michigan Commissioner of Railroads in 1873 that they built a Howe Truss wooden bridge at Columbiaville, 100 feet long. The railroad also reported a 120 foot long wooden pile bridge at the same location. These are presumed to be the bridge (and approach) to the Flint River (later Holloway Reservoir). [MCR/1873]
Time Line
1917, The MC had an agent-operator here on the day shift. [TRT]
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