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Station: Lovells, MI
Lovells is a hamlet on the Au Sable River in northeast Crawford County. The Michigan Central located a station here on their Lewiston Branch in 1889. [MPN] It is about 18 miles northeast of Grayling. The railroad had a 1,145' passing siding here in 1911.
Image info: This is a 1918 railroad valuation photo of the MC depot in Lovells. [CMUL] By the time this photo was taken, the building is in disrepair with broken windows.
Notes
Time Line
1892. This line was built through Lovells in 1892 by the Grayling, Twin Lakes & Northwestern railroad, which was owned by the Michigan Central. The line was abandoned in 1933. [MRL]
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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