Station: Adrian, MI - Interurban Facilities

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. 4th image, Maumee Street looking west in Adrian, with a street car in a postcard view.

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]