Railroad: Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad Company

Bay de Noquet & Marquette Railroad → Marquette & Ontonagon Railroad → Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway

Bought: Bay de Noquet & Marquette Railroad in 1871

Operated for 15 years.

Acquired: 1872 - Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon.

Acquired: 1879 - Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette railroad

Became: 1886 - Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railway

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

Time Line

1863. Received former M&O Railway land grant from state legislature. [DSS]

1865. Construction began west from Lake Superior mine towards Ontonagon, from a point 2 miles north of Winthrop at a location known as Ontonagon Junction. This was a connection with the BdN&M. Mining interests south of Lake Michigamme motivated the M&O to build south of the lake. The line was completed approximately to Champion. [DSS]

1871. August. The BdN&M is consolidated into the M&O through a stock exchange. [DSS]