| VICKSBURG, MI HISTORY DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 1 Part of the VICKSBURG HISTORY website Property of the Vicksburg Historical Society click on image to enlarge it
This page address: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mivhs/vicksburgdepot.htm
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| VICKSBURG, MI HISTORY DEPOT MUSEUM PAGE 1 Part of the VICKSBURG HISTORY website Property of the Vicksburg Historical Society click on image to enlarge it
This page address: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mivhs/vicksburgdepot.htm
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DEPOT MUSEUM Page 1 |
| Historic Village - VICKSBURG COMMERCIAL PRINT SHOP |
| Historic Village - STRONG SCHOOL |
all contemporary photographs taken by Dick Branch
then - 1904, carriage in front of the depot
and 100 years later, 2004
Vicksburg Depot, 1907
| The Union Station in Vicksburg, MI, was constructed in 1904 near the crossing of the Grand Trunk and Western Railroad (Canadian National RR) and the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (subsequently purchased by the Pennsylvania RR ) - see the KALAMAZOO RAILROADS AND INTERUBANS PAGE. The brick and stone structure was erected a cost of $5000.00. The track crew installed a double diamond where the north-south and east-west tracks, which is preserved today. |
GT - Grand Trunk and Western Railroad, a division of Canadian National
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Union Depot, 1908
Grand Trunk & Western / Pennsylvania Rail Road Depot, 1972
| The Depot went into disuse in the 1970's. The Vicksburg Historical Society acquired and restored the building. In 1990 it was reopened as a museum. |
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Track layout showing the Vicksburg Depot
MUSEUM EXTERIOR - 2001
Photographs and architectural views
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View from Richardson Street
Views from the track side
Railroad Links:
MICHIGAN RAILROAD HISTORY TIME LINES BY ERA
Grand Trunk Historical Society
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