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- New Smiths Creek Depot, Built on the Site of the Original, March 1944 - Henry Ford purchased Smiths Creek Depot from the Grand Trunk Western Railway in 1929. Thomas Edison passed the building often while working as a railroad newsboy. Originally located about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan, the depot was moved to Ford's Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
- March 14, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
New Smiths Creek Depot, Built on the Site of the Original, March 1944
Henry Ford purchased Smiths Creek Depot from the Grand Trunk Western Railway in 1929. Thomas Edison passed the building often while working as a railroad newsboy. Originally located about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan, the depot was moved to Ford's Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
- Dismantling Smiths Creek Depot for Relocation to Greenfield Village, April 1929 - Henry Ford purchased Smiths Creek Depot from the Grand Trunk Western Railway in 1929. Thomas Edison passed the building often while working as a railroad newsboy. Originally located about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan, the depot was moved to Ford's Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
- April 17, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Dismantling Smiths Creek Depot for Relocation to Greenfield Village, April 1929
Henry Ford purchased Smiths Creek Depot from the Grand Trunk Western Railway in 1929. Thomas Edison passed the building often while working as a railroad newsboy. Originally located about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan, the depot was moved to Ford's Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
- Smiths Creek Depot - The Smiths Creek Depot stood on the Grand Trunk Western Railway about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan. The railroad station was a center of 19th-century small-town life. More than a place to catch a train, the depot was where customers sent and received packages and telegrams, caught up on the latest news, and shared gossip.
- 1858
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Smiths Creek Depot
The Smiths Creek Depot stood on the Grand Trunk Western Railway about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan. The railroad station was a center of 19th-century small-town life. More than a place to catch a train, the depot was where customers sent and received packages and telegrams, caught up on the latest news, and shared gossip.