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Crossings - Saginaw, MI - Interurban Crossings
The street railways of Saginaw crossed a number of railroad lines inside both Saginaw and East Saginaw.
In East Saginaw:
Washington Street line - crossed the GTW north of Sidney St.
Washington Street line - crossed the MC 1 block south of Hoyt Street.
Washington Street line - crossed the GTW 1 block north of Hoyt Street
Crossed itself at Lincoln/Lapeer Streets.
Genesee Avenue line - crossed the MC at Atwater Street
Warner Avene line - crossed the MC at Atwater Street
Holland Street line - crossed the GTW and PM south of Washington Street.
In (west) Saginaw:
Fraser Street Crossing Michigan Avenue and Hamilton - Two crossings with an interlocker tower.
Lincoln Street line - crossed the MC/GTW/PM lines west of the river near the MC Genesee Station.
Photo Information: An early map of Saginaw street car and interurban lines. [Richard A. Pratt map]
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