Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923
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Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
26 December 1923
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.36340
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in
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