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Chesapeake & Ohio
depot at Benton Harbor. The train order semaphore indicates that
Form 19 orders need to be picked up by the approaching northbound
train. 1973 postcard view. Below, the same station from
the other direction c.1920's. Note the water tower in the
background. The structure to the right of the water tower may be
a coaling facility. This postcard view referred to the station
as a "union station", meaning it served more than one railroad.
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Below, the Michigan Central
Railroad depot at Benton Harbor. The MC had a branch line into
St. Joseph from South Bend. The branch crossed the MC's main
line at Galien. In 1901, the MC built a short branch line
called the Benton Harbor extension from St. Joseph into Benton
Harbor [MRL, page 304]. [Alan Loftis Collection] |
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The Chicago and Michigan Lake
Shore Railroad reported to the Michigan Railroad Commission in 1873 that
they had a 316 foot wooden draw bridge over the Paw Paw River.
They also had a 300 foot wood Howe Truss bridge over Paw Paw River
Crossing No. 2. [MCR/1873] |