Station: Mount Clemens, MI

The Mt. Clemens area was settled about 1795 and was the location of a distillery. It became the seat of Macomb County in 1818. The townsite became a village in 1851 and a city in 1879.

Mt. Clemens is located on the Grand Trunk Western (now CN - Canadian National) line from Port Huron to Detroit. It is about 12 miles northeast of Eight Mile, the Detroit city limits.

Photo Info: Top, the GTW Mt. Clemens depot and water tower around the turn of the century. 2nd photo, a more recent shot of the restored depot. [Alan Loftis]. 3rd photo, A 1985 photo of a GTW freight train passing by the depot. [Charlie Whipp]

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Time Line

1876. Charles Hollis, brakeman on the GT railroad was killed near Mt. Clemens. He was caught between the cars while in the act of stooping to pick up a coupling pin. He leaves a wife and one child at Fort Gratiot. [DFP-1876-0126]

1917. The GTW had an agent here as well as operators around the clock. [TRT]

1980. The City of Mt. Clemens acquires the 121-year old Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction depot and leases it to the Macomb Historical Society and the Michigan Transit Museum who will oversee its renovation. [IT-1980-2]