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Station: Walled Lake, MI
Walled Lake was settled in southwest Oakland County about 1825 on the north end of a lake of the same name. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. [MPN]
The town was located along the Grand Trunk Western's Jackson Branch, about six miles east of Wixom. In the 1980's, the railroad served a plastics plant (Gay Toys).
Photo Info: Top, the GTW depot at Walled Lake in the 1970's. [Charlie Whipp]. 2nd photo, a 2002 photo of the same depot under Coe Rail ownership. [Dale Berry]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an agent here during 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