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Location: Hematite, WI (Florence County)
Hematite was a junction point on the C&NW line between Iron Mountain and Watersmeet. It was at milepost 40 and one mile east of Commonwealth, WI.
Notes
The spur here went south to the Buckeye Mine and the Ernst Mine (which was in Florence).
The railroad had a 3,483' passing siding here and telegraph office.
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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
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