DECKERVILLE, MI
Deckerville, Michigan depot; August 2002
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In 1878 the Port Huron & North Western started
a 3-foot gauge railroad into Michigan's thumb area, to serve the lumber industry.
The first segment of this line, Port Huron to Croswell, opened in May of
1879. By December 1882, the line was completed, through Deckerville, to Port
Austin, on the tip of Michigan's thumb. In 1889 the Port Huron & North
Western was sold to the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad and the tracks
were converted to standard gauge. |
| The Pere Marquette was taken over by the C&O, which
in turn became part of CSX. In 1971 C&O abandoned the tracks between
Port Huron and Croswell. The remainder of the line was sold in 1986 to the
Huron & Eastern Railway, which became part of the
RailAmerica shortline
empire. |
Street Side, August 2002.
Large, graceful brackets, typical of PH&NW depots
and frame for telegraph wire insulators, August 2002.
Waiting Room End.
| The first train arrived in Deckerville July 5, 1880.
At the time there was no station, only a loading dock. It burned in the fire
of 1881. The depot was built in 1883 with the first agent being
Melvin Decker, and the last being Ed Wagner. The station was closed some
time in the 1960's. |
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In the spring of 1987 the depot was moved a couple
miles to the northeast. It is now on Ruth Road. Over the summer of 1988 the
depot was repaired, then opened as the Deckerville Historical Museum on August
5, 1988. |
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