Station: Adrian, MI - Interurban Facilities

Interurban Car in Adrian Toledo and Western Interurban depot at AdrianAdrian MI Interurban crossing over LSMS Adrian was served by the Toledo & Western interurban electric railroad.

Adrian had a station and electrical substation here. [SRJ]

Photo Info: Top, a postcard view of an early interurban car in front of Monarch Fence Company in Adrian. Adrian was the fence capital of the country with several companies located here. 2nd photo, the T&W interurban depot at Adrian. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd photo, an interurban car crosses over the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern "old road" in Adrian in 1910.


Notes


Time Line

1902. The railroad commission approves the under-grade crossing of the Toledo, Adrian & Jackson interurban railroad with the tracks of the Wabash Railroad near the city limits of Adrian. [MCR-1902]

1903. The street railway car barn in Adrian was located along West Maumee Street at West Church Street. [DBM-1903]

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

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