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Station: Edgemere, MI
Edgemere was located on the Copper Range railroad Freda Branch, four miles east of Freda in Houghton County, along the Lake Superior shore. It was one mile west of Redridge and 1/2 mile from Beacon Hill.
Notes
Edgemere was the home of the Adventure Mine stamp mill.
The Copper Range railroad had two framed trestles at Edgemere, one 173' and the second 500'. Both were built in 1902.
Time Line
1902. Edgemere had two framed trestles, one 500 feet and the other 172 feet, built in 1902.
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