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The Ionia and Lansing Rail Road is a defunct railroad which operated in the state of Michigan in the 1860s and 1870s. The company incorporated on November 13, 1865; the investors hailed primarily from Lansing , Ionia and Portland .
The Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan (DL&LM) was incorporated April 11, 1871, as a consolidation of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad and the Ionia and Lansing Railroad. In 1872, the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Rail Road was added. By 1876 the railroad was obliged for more than $6 million in mortgages at 8%, much of it owed to men ...
Ingalls, White Rapids and Northern Railroad: Ionia and Lansing Railroad: PM: 1866 1871 Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad: PM: 1872 1872 Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad: Iron Mountain Railroad: CP: 1855 1859 Bay De Noquet and Marquette Railroad: Iron Mountain Railway: CP: 1855 1857 Iron ...
The DL&LM was formed April 11, 1871 by a merger of the Detroit, Howell and Lansing Railroad, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad, and the Ionia, Stanton and Northern Railroad. [1] The DL&LM was sold under foreclosure on December 14, 1876 and reorganized under the name of Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. [2]
This is a route-map template for the Ionia and Lansing Railroad, a United States railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
From the two companies the DH&L gained a partially graded right-of-way 84 miles (135 km) long, with track laid on perhaps half of it, stretching from Lansing southeast to Detroit. [2] On March 16, 1871 the company consolidated with the Ionia and Lansing to form the Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan. The company had existed as an independent ...
In 1869, the Ionia and Lansing Railroad was constructed through Grand Ledge, bringing a trade catering to visitors, as well as a new manufacturing base, to Grand Ledge. Along with the new prosperity came accelerated development in the district, as well-to-do local businessmen and manufacturers began constructing houses.
Construction of what is now the 124-mile Plymouth Subdivision was attempted in the 1860s by a succession of short-lived and undercapitalized railroad companies, including the Detroit and Howell Railroad (organized 1864), the Ionia and Lansing Railroad (organized 1865), the Howell and Lansing Railroad (organized 1868), and the Detroit, Howell ...