Station: Corunna, MI - Coal Mines

Corunna Coal Mines SpurCorunna 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

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