Station: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
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Union Depot in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The depot served the Soo Line and the South Shore Railroads and was located near the shipping canal and Sault Locks. Below, the yard at Sault Ste. Marie in the 1990's, taken from the bridge. This yard was originally shared by the Duluth, South Shore & Altantic, and the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie (which later became the Soo Line). [Shawn O'Day] |
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Below, two Soo Line first generation diesel locomotives sit at the turntable at the Sault Ste. Marie roundhouse. July, 1975 [Rob Kitchen] |
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(0.0 miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). Bridge No. 1 over Portage Avenue. [CB/MIHX8]
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(0.16 miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). Sault Ste. Marie Union Depot Company Junction with the DSS&A.
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(0.21miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). Railroad bridge No. 2 over the Soo Power Canal. 227' 8" long, stone piers. [CB/MIHX8]
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(0.43 miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). St. Mary's Transfer Company. Switch to the southeast connecting with the Sault Ste. Marie Belt Line Railroad. The Belt Line ran east along the south side of the power canal and then swung north on the west side of Pickett Street into the Union Carbide Company chemical works on the north side of Portage Avenue and just south of the Power House. [CB/MIHX8]
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(0.55 miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). Coaling station. [CB/MIHX8]
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(1.5 miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). Algonquin (Neaseville).
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(1.72 miles from Sault Ste. Marie Bridge No. 1). West End of Joint DSS&A/Soo Line Yard. [CB/MIHX8]
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From the Grand Rapids Daily Eagle, October 10, 1887: Sault Ste. Marie, October 10: The first regular passenger train on the "Soo" branch of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway left the "Soo" at 6 o'clock this morning. Five trains will run daily, making western and eastern connections. The "Soo" is now out of the woods. [MIHX8]