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Location: Calumet, MI - More Photographs
In the 1800's, what is now known as Laurium was called Calumet, and what is now known as Calumet was called "Red Jacket. The mining operations were in the area between the two towns.
Photo Info: Top, a panoramic view of Calumet and Red Jacket in 1881. 2nd photo, a Soo Line bicentennial locomotive 1776 (a GP-35) is photographed at Calumet in 1977. The Calumet & Hecla overpass is in the background. [Rob Kitchen]
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