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Location: Lathrup, MI (Delta County)
Lathrup was a location on the C&NW line between Escanaba and Negaunee, about 28 miles north of Escanaba, and just south of the Marquette County line.
Notes
The railroad had a bay window depot here, as well as a 2,395 passing siding. There were also 2 short spurs, a tool house, water thank, pump house, coal house. [CNWV]
The railroad had a spur one half mile northwest of here called the Colburn's Spur. It was for the purpose of log landing.
Time Line
1918. The C&NW had an agent here, as well as an operator here on the day shift. [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