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Station: Corunna, MI - Coal Mines
Corunna was home to several coal mines which were served by the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee railroad (later GTW).
Photo Info: The map shows the location of the coal mine branch, which leaves the DGH&IM heading northeast across the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern (later AA). The line reaches a stone quarry in Section 22, a coal mine in the northwest corner of Section 23 and another coal mine in Section 13.
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Time Line
1884. Corunna people are greatly agitated by a report that the Grand Trunk railroad company will no longer use the Corunna coal. Operations in the mines will be suspended. [WEX-1884-0925]
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