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- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken along the tracks northwest the Detroit portals of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel during its construction. A Hocking Valley car is on the left, and on the right is a Michigan Central Railroad flatcar loaded with rails from the Mays Creek right-of-way which were being removed to make room for the new tunnel approach. Richard L. Aylward's coal business on Vermont Street stands beside the tracks on the right. The Vermont Street Bridge and Porter Street Bridge run overhead in the background. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "137-6, Westerly Open Cut. W. from Portal, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of a saw mill beside several sets of railroad tracks in Windsor, taken during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. Boards and logs are piled beside the tracks. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "177-22, Saw Mill Windsor, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of the opening of a small shaft using in constructing the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A small cart used to haul gravel is on tracks running from the mouth of the shaft up an incline toward the camera. Railroad tracks run along the bottom of a cut to the right of the shaft. Two figures stand among construction debris in the background. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "158, Hauling Gravel up incline No. 3 Shaft, Windsor, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken of stacks of lumber piled in Windsor for the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel between Detroit and Windsor below the Detroit River. Utility lines run behind the pile. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "247, Lumber Piles 200' S. of Sta. 210, 6/11/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken from the Fifteenth Street bridge overlooking the railroad tracks to the west, during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. Two men walk with tools held over their shoulders below. A gated crossing for Sixteenth Street is in the middle ground. The Enterprise Couch and Furniture Manufacturing Company is on the left, and the Standard Pure Food Company is on the right. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "139-1, W. from the 15th St. Bridge, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of a pile driver being used on the tracks between two overpasses which intersect on a right angle at the edge of the cut. Several people watch from the overpasses, while construction debris is scattered amongst the tracks below. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "621, Driving Piles for S. Wall of E.B. Arch, Sto. 142, 9/16/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of three concrete dump cars on the railroad tracks behind Richard L. Aylward's coal business on Vermont Street, taken during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "567, Train of Concrete Dump Cars,, 8/28/07." "Building Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. Charlie Ross worked on it 5-6 years." was handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of stacks of pile conduits beside railroad tracks in Windsor, taken during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "Pile Conduits 100' S of Sta. 201, 6/11/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo taken of stacks of logs piled on the side of the railroad cut leading to the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel from the Windsor side, during its construction. A small cart on rails and a crane are on the left. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "317-36, Looking N. from Sta. 219, 6/25/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Digital scan of a sepia-toned photo of an Illinois Central Railroad car and a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway car stopped in front of a coal chute at a railroad station, taken during the construction of the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. Lumber is stacked in the background. A caption printed along the bottom left reads, "155-13, Looking S. at Sta. 192 Windsor, 5/28/07."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
