Station: Port Huron, MI - GTW Station

The Grand Trunk Western's primary station in Port Huron was located at the east end of the international tunnel near 16th Street. This depot was called the "Tunnel Station". The railroad also had a station in the early days at Fort Gratiot as well.

Photo Info: Top, a photo of the Tunnel Station at Port Huron in the early 1900's. A small 4-4-0 has brought in an older passenger train into the depot. Another mail line train is parked nearby. Note the catenary for electric tunnel locomotives. [TJ Gaffney collection]. 2nd photo, the same depot at a later date. [Charlie Whipp collection]. 3rd photo, a postcard view of the Port Huron station.

Notes

Time Line

1908. April. For some reason yet unexplained, the employees of the Grand Trunk tunnel depot allowed the corpse of Adolph Cohoe, a Capac druggist, to sit upright in one of the benches in the waiting room for fully a half hour until the arrival of Coroner Falk. During that time the remains were viewed by dozens of people who had business in the depot or who had heard of the ghastly spectacle and had gone there to view the body. Mrs. Cohoe sat beside the corpse during the wait. [PHTH-1908-0403]

1909. The PM and the Grand Trunk Western reached an agreement in 1909 allowing the PM to use the GTW depot and their new tunnel to Canada. That agreement also allowed the GTW to access PM's Court Street Yard. The initial agreement was for four years, but was automatically extended with a one year termination notice. The PM agreed to share costs of the depot.

1917. The GTW had an operator here around-the-clock. [TRT]