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CALUMET RAILROAD DEPOT (PRIVATE)
OAK ST.
CALUMET, MICHIGAN -
Location: CALUMET, MI
Description:
Web Site INFORMATIVE LINK - HISTORY
Related Webs: INFORMATIVE LINK - WITH PHOTOS
Related Webs: INFORMATIVE LINK - CHRONOLOGY
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Comments/Directions:
Mineral Range Railroad completed the narrow gauge Hancock to Calumet line on 10/11/1873. On August 21, 1968, the mines in Calumet permanently closed following a strike. This station was once the headquarters for the Mineral Range Railroad; a division of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic. Built about 1908 for $25,000. In 1973, The Calumet passenger station was sold to a Detroit businessman. From Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum -- Railroad History Time Line (michiganrailroads.com).
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Added 08/14/2006
Updated 08/18/2006
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