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Station: Pompei, MI
Pompei was settled as Pompeii around 1854. The village was torn down and moved 1.5 miles south to be on the Grand Trunk Western railroad. The town is five miles west of Ashley.
The GTW Pompei depot closed in January, 1936 and was torn down in the 1940's. [Gene Zank]
Photo Info: Top, the Grand Trunk Western depot at Pompei. [Mark Worrall Collection]. 2nd photo, another view of the depot from the opposite direction. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1917. The GTW had an agent here during 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
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