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Railroad: Hermansville & Western railroad
The Hermansville & Western railroad was built around 1883 to serve the logging camps of the IXL lumber operations in Menominee County. The main line of 9.1 miles also had a number of branch lines. The line was abandoned in 1908. [MRL]
Built → Hermansville & Western railroad → Abandoned
Built: 1886 by the the IXL Company.
Operated for 25 years.
Abandoned: 1908
Reference: [MRRC]
Notes
Time Line
1883. Built line from Hermansville to Camp 8.
1885. Extended from Camp 8 to milepost 9.1, about 5 miles. [MRL]
1886. Southwest branch built between Camp 11 and Camp 11-3, 3.6 miles. [MRL]
1908. Entire line abandoned. [MRL]
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