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Railroad: Republic Branch Railroad Company

Ontonagon & Bruele River railroad → Republic Branch Railroad → Milwaukee & Northern railroad

Built: 1881. 50 miles from Montreal River in Sec. 9 T39N-R30W to line of MH&O railroad.

Operated for 5 years.

Merged: 1886 into Milwaukee & Northern.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

This railroad purchased the Ontonagon & Bruile River railroad in 1880, and consolidated the Republic Branch railroad in 1886 and the Menominee Branch railroad in 1883. [MRRC]

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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

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