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Station: Edwardsburg, MI
[CharlieWhipp].jpg "New GTW Edwardsburg Depot")
Edwardsburg in Cass County was settled about 1828. It was later incorporated as a village in 1911. [MPN] It is located on the Grand Trunk Western main line between Battle Creek and South Bend, Indiana. The town is 3 miles north of the Indiana state line.
Photo info: Top three views, early views of the GTW depot. Bottom, a replacement brick station which was built in 1953, photographed in 1988. [Charlie Whipp]
Notes
Time Line
1915. The GTW had a 19 car passing track here. [GTOS-1915-1102]
1917. The GTW had a station agent here during the day. Telegraph call was "RG". [TRT]
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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