Coal yard
Grab
Description
View of coal hopper near the embankment along railroad tracks, parcel 728, possibly Hall Coal Co., in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Clinton/Mullett. Railroad bridge in background. Handwritten on front: "Par. 728, strip used as a coal yard with parcel 727, 8-26-49."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001077
- Subject:
- Coal trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Freight cars--Michigan--Detroit
- Railroad tracks--Michigan--Detroit
- Embankments--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1949-08-26
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 18
- Content Note:
- Part of a collection that contains condemnation files, photographs, blueprints and descriptions of slum clearance housing parcels for the City of Detroit. Of particular note are areas which included the neighborhoods known as Paradise Valley, Black Bottom, Corktown and the Jeffries Housing Project.
- This photograph corresponds to blueprint bh001335
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.