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Interlocking: North Lansing Tower, MI
North Lansing was an interlocking tower at the north end of the joint Michigan Center and Pere Marquette lines. The tower was named after the town of North Lansing which later became a part of the City of Lansing in Ingham County.
Photo info: A drawing of the North Lansing control point from 1972, drawn from records in the State of Michigan Archives. [Dale Berry]
Notes
Time Line
1902. The railroad commission approves first class interlockers at the junctions of the MC and PM railroads at Lansing and North Lansing. [MCR-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