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Station: Burt, MI
Burt was settled about 1889 as a station on the Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw (later GTW) railroad, near the Genesee County line, about 15 miles south of downtown Saginaw. [MPN]
Image info: The depot at Burt on the GTW with the elevator in the background. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1918. The Grand Trunk had an agent here during the day. [TRT]
1930. June 4. The Michigan Public Utilities Commission allows the GTW to change the station at Burt from an agency station to a pre-paid station, with the following provisions - the station must be maintained in a sanitary, clean condition, heated and lighted for patrons during hours when passenger trains stop; maintain a telephone at the station so that patrons can call the operator at Montrose for assistance, and have a caretaker to make sure that freight is properly handled and delivered to consignees. [MPUC-1930]
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