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Location: Farmington Junction, MI
Farmington Junction was a location on the interurban railroad which ran between Pontiac and Northville. The Junction was adjacent to village of Farmington.
Photo Info: The DUR Car Barn at Farmington Junction in 1912. [Pesha Collection]
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Time Line
1930. April 17. The Michigan Public Utilities Commission grants the Julius Porath & Son company permission to temporarily cross the Eastern Michigan Railway at Grand River Avenue with a two foot industrial railroad to be used in conjunction with rebuilding Grand River Avenue between Detroit and Farmington under a state department of highways contract. [MPUC-1930]
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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