Dead River Railroad

Built → Dead River Railroad → DSS&A (east leg), remainder abandoned

Built: 1889

Became: East leg continued to be used by the DSS&A near Marquette.

Reference: [DSS]

Notes

The Dead River Railroad was built by the Dead River Lumber Company in Marquette County. It was built in two sections, and connected in the middle by trackage rights over the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Ry.

The west section began at a hoist location on the Dead River northeast of Negaunee, going east to Bagdad Junction and a connection with the DSS&A. The east section left the DSS&A main line just west of downtown Marquette, going north to the Dead River Mill Company four miles north of Marquette along Lake Superior south of Presque Isle. The purpose of the railroad was to bring logs from the forests (via the river) to the mill for processing. Trains on the Dead River Railroad were operated by the DSS&A. [DSS]

This apparently was not a common-carrier railroad and was built for logging purposes.

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