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Location: Lansing, MI - Franklin Street (MC/PM/DUR)
Franklin Street was the crossing of the Detroit United Railways interurban line with the MC and the PM. In 1926 the name was changed to Grand River Avenue.
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Time Line
1917. The railroad commission approves the plan for an interlocking plant at the crossing of the MC/PM and MUR on Franklin Street, in Lansing. Trains are given permission to stop and proceed, pending installation of the interlocker.[MCR-1917]
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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