Railroad embankment east of parcel 411 on Monroe
Grab
Description
View of embankment along railroad tracks located east of parcel 411 on Monroe, parcel 411, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Lafayette/Monroe. Railroad tracks below embankment; row of freight cars on tracks. Handwritten on front: "Par. 411, showing R.-R. grade E. of parcel 411, Monroe St., 7-26-49."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001688
- Subject:
- Embankments--Michigan--Detroit
- Railroad tracks--Michigan--Detroit
- Freight cars--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1949-07-26
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 19
- 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 bh002674
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.