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Location: North Bessemer, MI
North Bessemer was a location on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad, between Thomaston and North Ironwood. This was a junction of the main line and a branch line which went south to the iron mining area south of Bessemer. The branch was called the Bessemer Branch.
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Time Line
1907. The DSS&A had a water tower at the junction.
1918. The DSS&A had an operator/agent here during the day shift. [TRT]
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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