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Location: Ypsilanti, MI - Interurban Facilities
The Detroit, Jackson & Chicago interurban line served Ypsilanti, coming in the town from the east on Michigan Avenue, turning north on Washington Street, and then west on Washtenaw Avenue.
The railroad was double-tracked on Washington Street and had a freight house there north of Michigan Avenue. The line along East Michigan avenue was also double tracked east of downtown Ypsilanti for about 8/10 of a mile.
The DJ&C had a branch from Michigan and Washington west on Michigan Avenue to Saline. It also had a car house and wye at Dunn, a power house with sidings and a wye at a gravel pit.
Source: [CERA-103]
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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