Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse at Napoleon, Ohio, 1921

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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 at Napoleon, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

01 September 1921

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.1554

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: 7.75 in
Width: 10 in