Station: Coldwater, MI

Coldwater Depot Coldwater Depot Coldwater Depot Batavia depot at Coldwater Batavia depot at ColdwaterColdwater is the county seat of Branch County and it was settled around 1832. It was originally named Masonville but changed shortly thereafter. It was incorporated as a village in 1837 and as a city in 1861. Coldwater was a station on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern's "Old Road" line between Toledo and Chicago.

Photo info: Top and 2nd, two photographs of the LS&MS depot at Coldwater. [Mark Dobronski Collection]. 3rd photo, a black and white postcard view of the depot with an approaching passenger train. This is the same view as photo #2 but the postcard has not been colorized. [Gordon Bean Collection]. 4th & 5th photos, this is the original depot at Coldwater, which was replaced and moved to Batavia. It was moved back to Coldwater in the 1990's and restored. [Alan Loftis]


Notes


Time Line

 

1850. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern arrives in Coldwater from the east. It is extended west in 1851 and arrives at Chicago in 1855.

1915. The NYC had a water tower at Coldwater as of 1915. [NYtt1915]

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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