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Location: Prison Station, Jackson, MI
This was the location of the "new" Jackson Prison which was relocated northeast of the city in Blackman Township. The Grand Trunk Western had a 750 car siding here and likely delivered coal for heating boilers here. The Michigan Central also had trackage rights to the prison from North Yard in Jackson for the same purpose.
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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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