Boiler no. 9, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
Description:
View of boiler no. 9 at pumping station no. 1, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Department of Water Supply. Contr. P.C. 98, P.C. 101 and Spec. 200. Miscellaneous. Elev. looking north, boiler #9, Water Works Park. No. 5. Date: Mar. 11, 1937. Photo by Manning Brothers." Label on back: "This article shows boiler no. 9 of 12 boilers at the Water Works Park Station. This boiler is a Wickes 400 h.p. horizontal cross drum water-tube steam boiler, working pressure of 150 lbs. per square inch, water-heating surface of 4,092 square feet, diameter of steam and water drum 54 inches, equipped with super heater and an economizer." Handwritten on back: "Pumping sta. no. 1."
