Interlocking Tower on the D.T. & I. Railroad, Detroit, Michigan, July 1926

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Artifact Overview

The operator stationed in this Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad building would have kept busy. This interlocking tower protected the crossing of a DT&I branch with the Detroit United Railway's streetcar line on Jefferson Avenue. The tower operator likely was responsible for activating the railroad crossing gates as well.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

02 July 1926

Subject Date

02 July 1926

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.46961

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 11.5 in

Interlocking Tower on the D.T. & I. Railroad, Detroit, Michigan, July 1926