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Detroit Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse

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Artifact Overview

Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse was built in 1884 in Marshall, Michigan, for the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad. Today it services the locomotives and equipment of Greenfield Village's Weiser Railroad.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Roundhouse

Date Made

1884

Location

at Greenfield Village in Railroad Junction District

Object ID

92.24.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.