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Station: Chandler, MI
Chandler was a new station on the Lake Shore's Fayette Division, between Flat Rock and Slocum's Junction. This was the crossing of the C&CS's Fayette Division and the LS&MS's Detroit Branch. It was about 1/2 mile west of what would later be called Slocum Junction. It was named in 1879. [DFP-1879-1109]
Notes
This crossing predates modern interlocking devices and was likely a stop and proceed crossing.
Time Line
1879. A new station on the road between Flat Rock and Slocum's Junction has been named "Chandler". [DFP-1879-1109]
1902. An allignment has been changed at Chandlers to avoid excessive curvature. [MCR-1903]
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