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Station: Shaftsburg, MI
Shaftsburg was settled as Shaftsburgh about 1846 and was respelled in 1891. [MPN] It was a station stop on the Grand Trunk Western's main line about three miles southwest of Perry in southwest Shiawassee County.
Image info: A winter view of the GT depot at Shaftsburg. The block/train order signals are set down, to proceed. [CMUL]
Notes
Time Line
1918. The Grand Trunk had an agent here during the day. [TRT]
1930. June 11. The Michigan Public Utilities Commission allows the GTW to discontinue an agent at this location and operate it as a pre-paid station. The railroad is ordered to maintain the station in a sanitary condition, and provide a caretaker to handle freight and deliver it to customers. [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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