Railroad: Gogebic Street Railway Company (E)


Twin City General Electric → Gogebic Street Railway → Gogebic & Iron County Railway & Light Co.


Built: 1910

Operated for less than 1 year.

Became: 1910 - Gogebic & Iron County Railway & Light Co.

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes

This is an electric railroad which extended from Montreal and Hurley Wisconsin east to Ironwood, Bessemer and Jessieville, MI, a total of about 12 miles. The line was ultimately abandoned under different ownership in 1932.


Time Line

 

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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