Railroad: Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad Company


Built → Pontiac Oxford & Port Austin Railroad → Pontiac, Oxford & Northern railway


Built: 1883 - Pontiac to Caseville.

Operated for 6 years.

Foreclosed: 1889 - to Pontiac, Oxford & Northern railroad.

Reference: [MRRC] 


Notes 


Time Line

1888. March 15. The farmers' land and trust company has taken possession of the Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin railroad and is operating the same. The trust company held a mortgage on the road. [WEX-1888-0315]

 

 

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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