Saginaw and Clare County Railroad
- Saginaw and Clare County Railroad
The Saginaw and Clare County Railroad was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM). It was chartered on September 4, 1877, to construct a branch line to Lake George, Michigan. [Michigan Railroad Commission (1877), xx.] On September 30, 1880, the company completed a convert|15.5|mi|km|adj=on branch line from Harrison Junction (between Farwell and Clare along the main line) to Harrison. The line did not serve Lake George. [Ivey (1919), 223; Michigan Railroad Commission (1881), 159.] In 1883 this line was extended north to Meredith (in Franklin Township), for a total length of convert|29.91|mi|km. [Michigan Railroad Commission (1884), 187.] The Saginaw & Clare County was consolidated with the F&PM on January 30, 1889. [Michigan Railroad Commission (1890), 356.]
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References
*cite book | title=Annual Report | year=1877 | author=Michigan Railroad Commission | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MBM2AAAAIAAJ
*cite book | title=Annual Report | year=1881 | author=Michigan Railroad Commission | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JxQ2AAAAIAAJ
*cite book | title=Annual Report | year=1884 | author=Michigan Railroad Commission | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nyE2AAAAIAAJ
*cite book | title=Annual Report | year=1890 | author=Michigan Railroad Commission | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SCQ2AAAAIAAJ
*cite book | title=The Pere Marquette Railroad Company | year=1919 | first=Paul | last=Ivey | publisher=Michigan Historical Commission | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mGYOAAAAIAAJ
External links
* [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:2000.03.0027&query=head%3D%2362 Route mileage information]
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