RRHX

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Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum

 

1845

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  • Railroad event or related event in Michigan

  • Important non-Michigan railroad event

  • Improvement in Technology         Mining.

  • Railroad built or extended

  • Railroad abandoned and/or removed

  • Economic panic or depression        Car ferries.

 

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  • November 25:  Central rail road  reaches Battle Creek from Marshall.   [MCR-75/MDOT]

  • March 28:  Charter for Michigan Central Railroad approved.  [DWS]


  • The Jackson Mining Company of Jackson, Michigan, opens the Jackson (Iron) Mine in the Marquette Range near Teal Lake and Negaunee.  [DWS/MSL]