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Station: Sands Station, MI
Sands was a station on the Chicago & North Western railroad about 12 miles northwest of Little Lake in Marquette County. The town was settled about 1853 and a station was established when the railroad came through. [MPN]
Notes
The C&NW had a "end car body" depot here in 1917. It also had a pump house, section dwelling and tool house. The railroad had a 2,358' passing siding here as well as a spur of the siding. [CNWV]
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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