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Station: Eckerman, Michigan |
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Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum |
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A junction of the E. H. Sheldon Company Logging railroad that ran 8-9 miles north from Eckerman. This logging railroad right of way is just west of M-123 that parallels the logging railroad right-of-way north to the ridge above Tahquamenon River Valley. The Sheldon Company logging railroad operated between 1924/25 and the beginning of the Great Depression. Logging by rail ended as soon as adequate roads north of Eckerman to Tahquamenon River enabled trucks to haul logs on roads fromt he forests to Eckerman. The Sheldon Company sawmill burned down twice (December, 1925 and May, 1942) and was rebuilt each time. the Sheldon Company mill at Eckerman was closed for the last time in July, 1958. [MIRX8] |
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