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[Foundation for gas holder, Detroit City Gas Company] – Antique Print

[Foundation for gas holder, Detroit City Gas Company], 1912 April 4. — historic photograph
[Foundation for gas holder, Detroit City Gas Company], 1912 April 4.. 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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[Foundation for gas holder, Detroit City Gas Company]

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Work on the foundation for a gas holder at a Detroit City Gas Company site, dated April 4, 1912, documents the groundwork laid before a storage tank could rise. Gas holders stored manufactured gas to even out demand, and their large circular footings had to carry the weight of the tank and its contents. The glass negative belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company's broad collection of city and industrial views from the early twentieth century, and it reached the Library of Congress through a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published1912 April 4.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 211 T" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 965. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPublic utility companies. Storage tanks. Construction industry.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76094

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