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Crossing: Osceola, MI - MR/H&C Crossing
Osceola was a location about 1 mile northeast of the Osceola Mine and two miles south of Red Jacket (later Calumet) where the Mineral Range railroad crossed the Hancock & Calumet railroad around 1885. This was also known as "Oqechee". Both railroads were narrow gauge at this time.
The crossing was protected by a Pennsylvania Steel Company interlocking, which was reportedly the 2nd interlocking plant in Michigan and the first in the upper peninsula. [DSS]
Notes
Time Line
1918. The DSS&A had an agent/operator at this location during the day. [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