Time Line - 1920's - Decade Overview

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• Early 1920's:  Pere Marquette abandons Rodnew-Chippewa lake branch.  [IT-2/1974]

• Late 1920's:  The Michigan Central abandons its spur from Mount Forest to Bentley.  [NK]

• Late 1920's:  The New York Central (LSMS) is elevated through South Bend, Indiana  [LS]

• The production of iron ore on the Gogebic Iron Range begins to steadily decline in the 1920's.  In the 1920's, 9 million tons of ore per year is shipped from this range through the Soo Line ore dock and the three C&NW ore docks at Ashland, Wisconsin.  [LSIOR]

• After World War I, mules underground are largely replaced by by electric locomotives, and horses, which pulled timber above ground were replaced by steam tractors. [VOI]

 Time line Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression