Intersecting Lines

Intersecting Lines (HM2IT8)

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N 42° 31.483', W 83° 32.17'

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Put Wixom on the Map

Trains came from all directions,
and made Wixom a hub of commerce. In 1871, Willard Clark Wixom founded the village on property at the intersection of planned railroad lines. One line (later named Pere Marquette, now CSX) was built through here that year. The intersecting Grand Trunk Railway was completed in 1883, and by then Willard Wixom and Judson Sibley had established the largest produce storage depot in the region. In 1925, a fire burned through much of Wixom, diminishing its economic stature, but the railroad was key to building the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant in 1957.

You Auto Know
The last operator on the Grand Trunk rail line was the Star Clipper Dinner Train which closed in 2008.
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HM NumberHM2IT8
Series This marker is part of the series
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Placed ByMotorCities National Heritage Area, National Park Service
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 291689 N 4711154
Decimal Degrees42.52471667, -83.53616667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 31.483', W 83° 32.17'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 31' 28.98" N, 83° 32' 10.2" W
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