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Location: Detroit, MI - Harper Avenue Crossing (MC/DUR)
This was the crossing of the Michigan Central Belt Line and the Detroit United Railway crossing at Harper Avenue. This was near the southeast corner of what is now the General Motors "Zero" plant.
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Time Line
1917. The railroad commission grants the MC permission to cross the DUR on Harper Avenue in Detroit, and approves plans for the crossing. [MCR-1917]
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
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