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Ann Arbor Railroad Wrecked Car near Wright Elevator in Howell, Michigan

Item

Title

Ann Arbor Railroad Wrecked Car near Wright Elevator in Howell, Michigan

Description

Ann Arbor Railroad Wrecked Car near Wright Elevator This image, along with other smaller and limited injury/loss accidents and abandonments where this statement is included, are believed to have combined over the years into the myth of a "Locomotive" in the swamp adjacent to the 1886 TAA&NM depot. likely, only pieces of rolling stock such as wood frame cars that were too costly to retrieve as opposed to replace, if any, remain. Some of these pieces are said to be visible during extreme dry spells.

Subject

Railroads
Grain elevators

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Image

Rights Note

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Original Format

film negative

Collection

Citation

“Ann Arbor Railroad Wrecked Car near Wright Elevator in Howell, Michigan,” Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives, accessed October 30, 2025, https://www.archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/9721.
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