Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad

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railroad_name = Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore
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locale = Western Michigan
start_year = 1869
end_year = 1881
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successor_line = Chicago & West Michigan
length = convert|46|mi|km
hq_city = Grand Rapids, MichiganThe Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lake Shore Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in the state of Michigan between 1872 and 1881. The GRN&LS was chartered on September 11, 1869, under the leadership of David P. Clay. [Goss (1906), 628.] The company operated a convert|46|mi|km|adj=on line between Grand Rapids and White Cloud (where it joined the Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore). The initial segment, from Grand Rapids to Sparta, was completed on May 19, 1872. The line reached Newaygo on September 11, 1872; the first passenger train between the two towns ran the same today, to much fanfare from the local populace. [Chapman Brothers (1884), 527-528.] On September 24, 1875 the line was extended over the Muskegon River to White Cloud. [Michigan Railroad Commission (1881), 212.] On September 30, 1881, it consolidated with other companies to form the Chicago & West Michigan. During its twelve years of independent existence the company sustained a net loss of $36,554.28. [Ivey (1919), 242-243.]

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*cite book | title=Portrait and Biographical Album of Newaygo County, Michigan | year=1884 | publisher=Chapman Brothers | author=Chapman Brothers | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LHbL40X23n0C
*cite book | title=History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries | year=1906 | first=Dwight | last=Goss | publisher=C.F. Cooper | location=Grand Rapids, MI | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rDtcAfU2064C
*cite book | title=The Pere Marquette Railroad Company | year=1919 | first=Paul | last=Ivey | publisher=Michigan Historical Commission | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mGYOAAAAIAAJ
*cite book| title=Annual Report| year=1881| author=Michigan Railroad Commission| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JxQ2AAAAIAAJ