Detroit River Light House – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Detroit River Light House, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Detroit River Light House
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Standing at the mouth of the Detroit River, the Detroit River Light House was built to guide ships through one of the busiest waterways on the Great Lakes. The lighthouse sits on Lake Erie's western approach, where freighters carrying iron ore, coal and grain passed through the narrow channel between Detroit and Lake Erie. Its tower and keeper's quarters reflect the nineteenth-century practice of marking hazardous shoals with steady lights and fog signals. Worth noticing is how the structure's location, rather than its size, made it essential to navigation on this crowded route.
| Original scan | 2,845 × 3,349 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09360_DetroitRiverLightHouse |
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