Location: St. Mary's Junction, MI

St. Mary's Junction was identified in a DSS&A telegraphers union agreement. It was located on one leg of the wye at Arcadian Junction. This wye led to a branch to Arcadian mine, and to the mill at Point Mills.

See Shore Line Junction.


Notes


Time Line

1918. The DSS&A had an agent/operator at this location during the day. [TRT]

1927. The Mineral Range has made application to the ICC to abandon a branch line nine miles long between St. Mary's Junction and Point Mills in Houghton County. The branch was built in 1899 to carry copper rock from mines which are now closed or using other facilities. The line is said to have deteriorated to such an extent that it is unsafe for operation. [LDP-1927-0615] The ICC approved on September 7.

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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