Keweenaw Bay, in Baraga County, was located on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic line between Baraga and Houghton. It was the junction of the South Shore's branch line west to to Mass City.
Image Info: Top, the Keweenaw Bay depot around 1910. The stamp mill trestle can be seen at the right. Other photos of the ore loading facility. [BHS]
Keweenaw Bay had a water tower as of 1907. [SSP1907]
1900. The MR builds their Keweenaw Bay branch to serve the Michigan Copper Company and Mass Consolidated Company mines near Mass City. The line was also to be extended to the DSS&A Western Division near Lake Gogebic (saving Duluth-bound trains 37 miles vs. Nestoria) but the extension was never built. [DSS]
1899. November. A new 24’ x 56’ depot was built by the MR/DSS&A. A new 50,000 gallon water tower was also built, fed from Kelsey’s Creek via a 6,000 foot gravity pipe. [DSS]
1905. Passenger traffic north of Keweenaw Bay was seriously interfered with on account of a collision on the DSS&A railroad at Keweenaw Bay, two freight trains meeting on a sharp curve near the station. Neither train was able to see the other in time to avoid the collision. It took five hours to clear the track so that traffic could be resumed. The St. Paul train had considerable delay, passengers for the copper country were transferred to train No. 9 from Ontonagon which arrived at Houghton at 5:45 o'clock. The men on both trains escaped injury by jumping. [LAS-1905-0114]
1918. The DSS&A had an operator/agent here and an assistant during the day and afternoon shifts. This was listed as a "joint" agency. [TRT]
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