Roundhouse at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad "South Yards," Flat Rock, Michigan, 1924
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Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Flat Rock, Michigan, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Flat Rock, Michigan, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
23 May 1924
Subject Date
23 May 1924
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.189.2272
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 11 in
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