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The Erie and Kalamazoo was incorporated April 22, 1833, under special act of the Territory of Michigan, now the State of Michigan, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from Toledo, then claimed to be within the Territory of Michigan, to the headwaters of the Kalamazoo River in that Territory. When the boundary dispute was ...
Drawing of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad. On April 22, 1833, the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was chartered in the Territory of Michigan, [1] to run from the former Port Lawrence, Michigan, now Toledo, Ohio, near Lake Erie, northwest to Adrian, Michigan, on the River Raisin. The Toledo War soon gave about one-third of the route to the state of ...
The Erie & Kalamazoo was to connect Port Lawrence (now Toledo, Ohio) on Lake Erie to some point on the Kalamazoo River, which flows into Lake Michigan. By November 2, 1836, the E&K had completed a 32.8-mile (52.8 km) line from Port Lawrence northeast to Adrian, Michigan , in Lenawee County .
Erie Railroad prospered throughout the mid-1950s, but their profits were simultaneously on a decline. The company's 1957 income was half of that of 1956; by 1958 and 1959, Erie Railroad posted large deficits. The Erie's financial losses resulted in them entering negotiations to merge with the nearby Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
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The Clinton–Kalamazoo Canal is a canal in Michigan that was abandoned after being only partially completed. The canal was to connect Lake St. Clair with Lake Michigan . Project backers were inspired by the success of the Erie Canal in New York , which was completed in 1825.
Castro is a member of the Erie Society for Genealogical Research, which will help others trace past generations during a free Family History Fair at Erie's Hagen History Center on June 9.
The company employed generations of Erie County workers full-time and seasonally as Christmas approached. A 'Big Wheel,' manufactured by Marx Toys, is displayed at the Hagen History Center in Erie.