ROCKWOOD, MI
Rockwood, Michigan depot/museum; 2002
Rockwood, Michigan depot; 2001
| Rockwood's Historical Society has built a museum that
resembles a 19th-century depot that was torn down in 1972. Architects used
historic photographs to design the building. Construction was started in
1998, paid for by a variety of fund raisers, business donations and state
grants. The museum is a few hundred yards from the site of the original
depot. |
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Tracks through Rockwood date back to 1856, making it
one of the earlier routes in Michigan. The railroad was built by the Detroit,
Monroe and Toledo Railroad. It was likely a construction company formed by
the Michigan Southern, since upon completion the line was immediately leased
to the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana. (The Michigan Southern operated
under this name from 1855 to 1869, when it was merged into the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern). |
| The original depot was built in 1869, and paid for
by local residents who wanted a station for their town. The city's major
product at the time was bushel baskets. They were shipped by boxcar to Detroit
and Toledo. The depot closed some time in the 1960's and was torn down in
1972. |
Street Side, 2002.
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