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Location: Hubbell, MI - Duncan Avenue Crossing (MR/HCSR)
This was the crossing of the Mineral Range and the Houghton County Street Railway Co. in Hubbell. Described as on Duncan Avenue. It was protected by a half interlocking appliance. [MCR-1903]
Notes
Approximately at 47.172296, -88.430486
Time Line
1902. December 7. An application was received by the railroad commission from the Houghton County Street Railway for approval of a crossing of its line with the Mineral Range Railroad, on Duncan avenue, in the village of Hubbell. Petitions were also received from a number of residents of the village asking that the crossing be approved. The crossing was approved with the understanding that it be protected by a half interlocking appliance, to be constructed to the satisfaction of this department. [MCR-1903]
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