Location: Calumet Junction, MI (Houghton County)

USGS Map of Calumet Junction, MI Calumet Junction in Houghton County was a junction of the Copper Range, Keweenaw Central and Calumet & Hecla railroads. The Mineral Range also came through here. This location is north of Laurium.

Photo info: This is a USGS map of Calumet Junction around 1938. [USSGS]


Notes


Time Line

1903. The Copper Range railroad builds a 16' x 24' water tower here. The tank is filled by a steam-powered pump.

1933. The Copper Range railroad noted a water tank at this location, including a telephone. They also had a telephone in the section house here. [ETT-COPR-1933]

 

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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