When Eastern Michigan Rode the Rails, Book Two: Detroit to Port Huron, by Rail, Water and Road

  • Large Hardcover
  • Glendale, California: Interurban, 1989
By Schramm, Jack E.; Henning, William H
Glendale, California: Interurban, 1989. 1st Printing. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 144x12x184. First printing. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1989 Large Hardcover. 223 pp. Vol. 2 in this fascinating series examining the variety of transportation systems in and around Detroit in the early 1900s. This book covers the Rapid Railway, the DUR takeover, bankruptcy, city and freight operations, St. Clair River boats (steam boating, Detroit River car ferries, shipping on the St. Claire River), the St. Clair River Tunnel, railway post offices, and the growth of the buses. Includes rosters, maps, and chronology. Illustrated throughout with black and white pages.

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