Milwaukee Road Depot (Iron Mountain, Michigan)
Iron Mountain | |||||||||||
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The Iron Mountain Milwaukee Road depot in 1915. | |||||||||||
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| Location | 101 East B Street Iron Mountain, Michigan United States | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad | ||||||||||
| Line | Superior Division | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | yes | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | modified Neoclassical | ||||||||||
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| Website | elsrr | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||
| Closed | March 7, 1968 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Wisconsin & Michigan Railway | ||||||||||
| Original company | Milwaukee Road | ||||||||||
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The Iron Mountain depot was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad—better known as the Milwaukee Road at milepost 208 in 1910. The current station has one of the last standing semaphore signals in Michigan.
The original depot (burned June 17, 1987) was moved to south of East C Street to face East D Street and repurposed as a freight house.
Located at 101 East B Street in Iron Mountain, Michigan, the depot is part of the Iron Mountain Central Historic District. The 130 foot long brick depot has a modified Neoclassical design and is rectangular in shape with a slate roof. The depot has a 20x30 foot pavilion on the B Street end that connected to the general (non-smoking) waiting room. The station agent's office is located in the middle of the building, along with two restrooms. A baggage room is located on the south end.
Soon after this area was settled, the news of mineral riches brought the railroads. Milwaukee Road predecessor Milwaukee and Northern Railway was the first railroad to reach Iron Mountain on November 20, 1887.
The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway reached the town in 1898. The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway used the train station at Iron Mountain jointly with the Milwaukee Road.