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Detroit River tunnel, Detroit, Mich. – Vintage Wall Art

Detroit River tunnel, Detroit, Mich., c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Detroit River tunnel, Detroit, Mich., c[between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Michigan Central tunnel carries trains beneath the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario, and its portal and approaches show the railroad's ambitions in this stretch of the city. The line opened around 1910, and it was among the early American rail tunnels to run electric locomotives, chosen to keep smoke and steam out of an enclosed bore. Made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented the city and region in the years before the First World War, the picture captures a major piece of Detroit's rail infrastructure at the start of its working life.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesMichigan Central Railroad Company. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072270. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsTunnels. Bridges. Railroads.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73352

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