Station: Hancock, MI - Copper Range Depot

The Copper Range railroad came across the Portage Canal bridge through Hancock on the way along the northeast shore of Portage Lake towards Calumet. The railroad, according to this 1917 map, had a depot on the northeast leg of the Portage Lake Bridge wye to serve Hancock residents.

Photo info: A 1917 image of the COPR Hancock depot. The freight house above might be owned by the Mineral Range or the Copper Range railroad. Note that the COPR crossed the Mineral Range here, at what ws known as Shore Line Junction. Later, the crossing was removed and changed to switches. [SBM-1917]

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1907. September. A device which will record the sale of tickets, as well as print them as desired by the patrons of the road has been installed at the Houghton office of the Copper Range railroad. If the invention proves satisfactory, it will become a fixture in all of the offices of the company. [PHTH-1907-0927]

1911. December 27. Emil Roytio of Painesdale, was waiting at the Hancock station of the Copper Range railroad for a train. He was rather unsteady on his feet on account of frequent potations, and approaching too close to the side of the platform, toppled over on the rails, striking on his head. A dray was called into requisition to convey the unconscious man to jail, and this morning he was arraigned before Justice Little on a charge of intoxication and fined two dollars and costs. [CN-1911-1227]