Rockwood is a city on the south edge of Wayne County at the Huron River. Rockwood was a station on the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line at milepost 31.2. There was a small yard (Rockwood Storage Yard) here as well as leads to the Rockwood Silica Company. [EFI]
Image Info: Top, a 1913 view of the Michigan Central depot and water tower at Rockwood. [Michael Delaney Collection]. 2nd image, he Detroit & Toledo Shore Line switches the Ottawa Silica Sand Company at Rockwood in 1976. [Emery Goulash photo, Charles Geletzke Jr. collection]
1873. The railroad builds a 240 foot, wood bridge over the Huron River here. Four spans of 60' each. [MCR-1872]
1881. The bridge here was reported as a drawbridge, built in 1881 with a draw span of 128 feet. [MCR-1890]
1917. The NYC (southbound main line) had a water station here. [ETT-1917]
1917, The MC had an agent-operator here around-the-clock. [TRT]
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