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Location: Ladoga, MI
Ladoga, in Alger County, was the end of a Chicago & North Western railway branch line which left their main line at Winde (north of Escanaba) and went straight north into the forests. Ladoga was in Section 21 T45N R22W of Alger County.
Map info: Ladoga map from a C&NW Valuation Map early 1900's. Note the wye, which replaced the turntable in 1922. [CNWV]
Notes
From evaluation maps from the early 1900's, there was no depot here. The branch had a telephone line and a phone booth was noted here. There was a turntable for turning locomotives, which was replaced with a stub-end wye track in 1922.
Spur tracks in Ladoga included the W.L.& L. Co., and the Escanaba Manufacturing Company. The branch line had a short passing track track and siding here as well. [CNWV]
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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