Workers laying pipe for a main gas line in Detroit, Michigan

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Description

Group of workers posing in and around a ditch into which a main gas line is being laid. A tall piece of equipment stands in background. Written in lantern slide ledger, "Laying gas main from Ohio to Detroit." Slide is cracked in upper left.

Details

Creator:: Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
Resource ID:: EB02c644
Subject:: Gas-pipes--Michigan--Detroit; Pipe-laying machinery--Michigan--Detroit; Pipe fitting--Michigan--Detroit; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Lantern slides
Date:: unknown
Format:: 1 transparency : glass ; 3 x 4 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Negative Number:: BHC lantern slide no. 524
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.