A big crowd turned out in Almont on July 1, 1914, as the first regularly scheduled interurban car arrived — part of the new Detroit, Almont & Northern line connecting Almont with Romeo and points south.
The photo itself is stamped “Detroit, Almont & Northern R.R., Almont, Mich., July 1, 1914,” and credited to “Hancock, Photo, Almont, Mich.” It captures that brief moment when electric rail felt like the future for small-town Michigan.
A state railroad report described the company as a Detroit United Railway subsidiary, operated by DUR, with schedules starting that day.
What have you heard about where the interurban stopped in Almont — or family stories about riding it?
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