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Station: Poland, MI
Poland was a junction point on the Port Huron & Northwestern railroad (later PM, C&O, HESR) just north of Carsonville. The railroad had a branch line which left to the west to Sandusky from here.
Photo Info: Top, what is left of Poland in 2002. This was the location of the beginning of a shorr branch line to Sandusky. The track is pulled up just west of this wye, which us used for tank car storage. [Dale Berry]
Notes
There is a former 70' turntable bridge that was used to replace an ancient wooden structure over the Black River near Poland, Michigan. T. J. Gaffney, former Curator of Collections at the Port Museum speculates that it came from the west side of the state, perhaps Manistee, Benton Harbor or Muskegon.
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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