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- Description:
- Pere Marquette Railroad contract number 569, made with the Wayne County Road Commission in which the Pere Marquette agrees to install a 700 foot long rail siding at a road crossing 2.2 miles south of Plymouth. The document consists of a form envelope, an unsigned carbon copy of a letter from the division engineer of the Pere Marquette dated June 24, 1915, and a blueprint of the site attached with brass fasteners to an agreement signed by Pere Marquette's general manager, Frank E. Alfred, division engineer J.E. Johnson, and superintendent A.R. Merrick, as well as Board of County Road Commissioners chairman Edward N. Hines.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of a group of five men who are cutting grass along the side of Seven Mile Road. The view shows the two-lane pavement of Seven Mile Road with light poles along the right side of the road. Also on the right side, one man is riding a cutting machine that is being pulled by a team of horses. Four other men are cutting grass and brush with scythes. Tall trees can be seen along both sides of the road with farm fields to the right. Handwritten text on the verso shows "Cutting grass on 7 Mile Road, Wayne Co., Mich." and "Highway Systems, County Highways, Wayne Co., Mich., Road Construction, Maintenance."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Transportation
- Description:
- Photograph. Black and white photo of a Wayne County Road Commission workman who is seated on the back of a truck and is operating a paint striping machine that is being towed behind the truck. The truck is moving along the right side of a concrete road while a wheel is applying a solid line of white paint along the centerline. It appears that pressure tanks and hoses are being used to coat the wheel surface with paint which, in turn, is being applied it to the pavement surface as the wheel rolls along the road. A large metal container (similar in shape to a milk container) can be seen on the back left side of the truck and was probably used to carry additional paint. Farm fields and utility pole lines can be seen on both sides of the road. An oncoming car can be seen in the center background. A farmhouse and barn can be seen in the right background. An interurban track line can be seen on the right side of the road along with mile marker post "21" and a sign with the letter, "W." Another sign can be seen in the distance between the farmhouse and barn, but the text is not legible. The date, "Aug-25-'22," is handwritten in the lower right corner of the photo. A black ink stamp on the verso shows "Michigan Dept. of State Highways, Office Services Division, Photographic Section, Print File No. copy 8-30-50."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Pere Marquette Railroad contract number 569, made with the Wayne County Road Commission in which the Pere Marquette agrees to install a 700 foot long rail siding at a road crossing 2.2 miles south of Plymouth. The document consists of a form envelope, an unsigned carbon copy of a letter from the division engineer of the Pere Marquette dated June 24, 1915, and a blueprint of the site attached with brass fasteners to an agreement signed by Pere Marquette's general manager, Frank E. Alfred, division engineer J.E. Johnson, and superintendent A.R. Merrick, as well as Board of County Road Commissioners chairman Edward N. Hines.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Black and white photo of a Wayne County Road Commission workman who is seated on the back of a truck and is operating a paint striping machine that is being towed behind the truck. The truck is moving along the right side of a concrete road while a wheel is applying a solid line of white paint along the centerline. It appears that pressure tanks and hoses are being used to coat the wheel surface with paint which, in turn, is being applied it to the pavement surface as the wheel rolls along the road. A large metal container (similar in shape to a milk container) can be seen on the back left side of the truck and was probably used to carry additional paint. Farm fields and utility pole lines can be seen on both sides of the road. An oncoming car can be seen in the center background. A farmhouse and barn can be seen in the right background. An interurban track line can be seen on the right side of the road along with mile marker post "21" and a sign with the letter, "W." Another sign can be seen in the distance between the farmhouse and barn, but the text is not legible. The date, "Aug-25-'22," is handwritten in the lower right corner of the photo. A black ink stamp on the verso shows "Michigan Dept. of State Highways, Office Services Division, Photographic Section, Print File No. copy 8-30-50."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of a group of five men who are cutting grass along the side of Seven Mile Road. The view shows the two-lane pavement of Seven Mile Road with light poles along the right side of the road. Also on the right side, one man is riding a cutting machine that is being pulled by a team of horses. Four other men are cutting grass and brush with scythes. Tall trees can be seen along both sides of the road with farm fields to the right. Handwritten text on the verso shows "Cutting grass on 7 Mile Road, Wayne Co., Mich." and "Highway Systems, County Highways, Wayne Co., Mich., Road Construction, Maintenance."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
