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Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Stations
Anyway, when I first started
collecting photos of the TS&M depots I noticed quite a
variation. When the TS&M was built in 1887-88 it went through 23
towns and villages. It built basically two types of depots, one
style for the smaller less important towns and another for the
larger towns. The least important places were only marked with a
sign, these were Eureka Place, Halls, and Hines Crossing. Sheffield
and Reeds had a boxcar body for a depot.
The two types of depots looked a lot alike, gable roofs, board and
batten siding. The smaller depots are represented by Gooding. By the
time the photo was taken, a freight addition had been added. Unlike
most small depots Gooding was a train order office. Depots like this
were built at Ola, Pompei, Vickeryville, Millers, Lincoln Lake,
Evans, Gooding, Harrisburg, Slocum, and Moorland.
The first depot to change was Pompei, in 1900 it was moved across the road to the east and a freight house and operators bay was added.
Depot
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In 1912 the Butternut depot was moved across the tracks to the south side of the tracks and a new depot was built on the north side. In 1914 a similar depot was built at Vickeryville.
In 1916 a new depot was built at Perrinton to a new style. About this time a depot of this style was also built at Sheridan. The milk shed was built in 1892.
Perrinton depot
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Muskegon
depot
The Grand Trunks' replacement of the Perrinton, Butternut, Sheridan, and Vickeryville depots has always puzzled me. At first I thought they had burned down, buildings used to burn down a lot. But four buildings in that same area in about four years time, an arsonist on the loose? Then I found a photo of Butternut with both depots!
This photo of the Vickeryville depot was taken in 1917 as part of
the TS&M's valuation report.
In the late 1940's and 50's the Butternut agent would split time
between the two depots. The agent would report to Vickeyville at
8:30am and work until 11:15am and go to the Butternut depot by
11:30am. They would then leave the Butternut depot at 3:30pm and go
back to the Vickeryville depot at 3:45pm and lockup at 5:30pm. This
went on until the Butternut and Vickeryville depots were closed
between 1958 and 1960.
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