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Location: Spur 30, Simar, MI
Spur 30 was at milepost 30 of the Keweenaw Bay Branch of the Mineral Range railroad.
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Time Line
1923. This spur served the logging operations of the Menasha Woodenware Co. of Menasha, WI. When the Firesteel bridge was condemned in 1923, the railroad was allowed to run a light engine over the bridge to bring the final 125 car loads of logs out of this spur for delivery to the MILW at Riddle Junction. [MPSC-1923]
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