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Station: Toivola, MI
Tiovola is a hamlet located along M-28 about six miles south of Painesdale. It was settled around 1894 as a logging camp. It had a station on the Copper Range railroad in Houghton County.
Image info: Top, a view of the Copper Range dept at Toivola in 1908. Note the horse drawn team near the railroad track. 2nd image, another view of a different depot at Toivola, date unknown.
Notes
Tiovola had a 20' x 58' frame depot built in 1908. It also had a coal shed and two section houses built in 1900.
Time Line
1933. The railroad had a line-side telephone for crew use in the Toivola Freight House.
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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