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- Branch lines were not
considered profitable by the state's main railroads. Plank
roads and stage lines acted as feeders for major rail lines.
[AAD]
- Railroads begin offering
special excursion trains, which offered special destinations at
reduced charges, including destinations out of state. [AAD]
- The adoption of the new State
Constitution put railroad construction under general law. No
general incorporation act was passed until 1855, making the start
up of new railroads during the first half of this decade
impossible. Only existing roads were extended. [AAD]
- Early Toledo railroads
establish their terminals at the "Middle Grounds", a railroad
complex on the west banks of the Maumee River just south of the
present downtown Toledo, near the mouth of Swan Creek. The
Michigan Southern initiated development of the Middle Grounds
shortly after leasing the Erie and Kalamazoo. The Middle
grounds was originally a water-covered swap which was drained and
filled. The railroad developed a stub-end yard to support
their expanded terminal operation.
[AATHS-Spr/2002]
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The Middle Grounds area contained
grain elevators, a freight house, and the city's first passenger
depot known as the Island House. The Michigan Southern's
roundhouse and engine facilities were located on the western edge
of the terminal area. [AATHS-Spr/2002]
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The Cleveland and Toledo
(forerunner of the Lake Shore) had access to the Middle Grounds
but also had its own small waterfront terminal on the east side of
the Maumee River at the same location. [AATHS-Spr/2002]
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