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Station: Mason, MI (Ingham County)
Mason was settled about 1836 as Mason Center nine miles south of downtown Lansing on the Michigan Central's Saginaw Branch. A sawmill was located here. It became the county seat of Ingham County in 1840. Mason became a village in 1865 and a city in 1875. [MPN]
Photo info: Top, A 1908 photo of the Michigan Central Mason depot with No. 8203 a 4-6-0 Schenectady-built Class F-81a pulling a freight train through town. Note the crossing watchman in the foreground of the photo. The 8203 was built in November, 1889 and scrapped by the MC in April, 1922. [Mark Worrall collection]. 2nd photo, the NYC depot at Mason in 1983. [Charlie Whipp]. 3rd photo, an older photograph. [Alan Loftis collection]. 4th photo, the former depot in 2003, now used as a restaurant. [Alan Loftis]. 5th photo, a postcard view of the Mason Interurban Depot, date not known.
Notes
Time Line
1902. A new passenger station is built here by the MC, at a cost of $7,650. [MCR-1902]
1917. The MC had an operator-agent here around-the-clock. [TRT]
Industry
- Lansing Ice and Fuel. Leased property on Ash Street in 1938. Established coal yards and ice business near Mason's new post office. [LSJ-1938-1120]
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