Making Tracks

Making Tracks (HM1FTX)

Location: Port Huron, MI 48060 St. Clair County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 59.916', W 82° 25.569'

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The Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada opened the first track between here and Detroit in 1859. As years passed, other railroads reached Port Huron. A line to Flint opened in 1871. Another extended into the Thumb in 1879.


In 1886, the Port Huron Electric Railway Company, with Michigan's first electric street car, transported passengers between this depot and downtown Port Huron. The Grand Trunk built the world's first international underwater railway tunnel under the St. Clair River, and passage between Port Huron and Sarnia, Ontario, began in 1891.
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HM NumberHM1FTX
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Placed ByThomas Edison Depot Museum
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Date Added Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 9:25am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 383753 N 4761646
Decimal Degrees42.99860000, -82.42615000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 59.916', W 82° 25.569'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 59' 54.96" N, 82° 25' 34.14" W
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Area Code(s)810
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 500 Thomas Edison Pkwy, Port Huron MI 48060, US
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