Railroad: Iron Mountain Rail Road Company, The


BuiltIron Mountain Railroad Bay De Noquet & Marquette Railroad


Built: 1857 from Marquette to Ishpeming

Operated for: About 1 year.

Sold to: Bay De Noquet & Marquette railroad - 1858

Reference: [MRRC]{SSS]


Notes

A plank road was completed on November 1, 18955 and iron ore was carried over it from Negaunee to Marquette in four-wheel wooden carts drawn by mules. The road was replaced by a primitive railroad (Iron Mountain Rail Road Company) in 1857. Light iron rails were used.


Time Line

1857. The IMRR Company was opened between Negaunee and Marquette. [NHS-2014-03] 

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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