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Dates of operation. 1902–1928. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Map from GRHG&M Brochure. The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway was an electric interurban railway that operated in west Michigan [1] from 1902 until 1928.
It operated a 16-light Brush electric dynamo lighting several storefronts in Grand Rapids, Michigan. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] It is the earliest predecessor of Consumers Energy of Jackson, Michigan. In December 1880, Brush Electric Company set up a central station to supply a 2-mile (3.2 km) length of Broadway with arc lighting.
The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [ 9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2 ).
On February 14, 2014, the TLEW acquired the Waterfront Electric Railway Museum at 17475 Saylor Lane in Grand Rapids, Ohio. A car barn, shop and a 256 square foot brick building that will be used as a gift shop and to present photographs and historic displays. Also included in this acquisition, was a former CTA Elevated Car and a PTC Snow Sweeper.
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Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. [ 4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [ 5] making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,162,950 and a combined ...
Ramona Amusement Park. / 42.9511; -85.6131. Ramona Park was an amusement park located in the city of East Grand Rapids, Michigan between 1897 and 1955. The Park included a double track wooden roller coaster, a theater pavilion, a ridable miniature railway and boat livery .
Corporate history. The company incorporated in Kalamazoo on March 31, 1906, with the intention of owning a line from Kalamazoo connecting eastwards to Battle Creek, Jackson, Lansing and St. Johns. On May 1 of that year the MUR consolidated the Lansing & Suburban Traction, Lansing City Electric, Michigan Traction Extension and Michigan Traction.