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Station: Three Rivers, MI - Facilities
Three Rivers was a crossing of two railroad lines, the Michigan Central Air Line (Jackson to Niles) and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Grand Rapids branch (Elkhart to Grand Rapids). The MC had a yard west of the crossing diamond which was maintained even after the Air Line was truncated west of here. The LS&MS also had a small yard here, north of the crossing.
Photo Info: This is a 1908 view of a yard, 3-bay roundhouse and water tower. It is unknown which line these facilities served.
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Industry
- Continental Can Company
- Essex Wire
- General Motors
- Weyerhauser
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