Boiler no. 9, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
Grab
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."
Details
- Creator:
- Manning Brothers
- Resource ID:
- bh016549
- Subject:
- Boilers
- Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1937-03-11
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 9.5 x 7.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit Archives. Water Board. Waterworks Park Station. Miscellaneous work, Book 1, 2 of 3, 7:7
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.