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- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Main Street, Jackson, Ohio, circa 1925 - The automobile was a firmly established part of American life by the mid-1920s. That fact is clear in this circa 1925 photo taken at the corner of Church and Main Streets in Jackson, Ohio. Parked cars line both sides of the street while, on the left, a service station awaits customers for its two gas pumps.
- circa 1925
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Main Street, Jackson, Ohio, circa 1925
The automobile was a firmly established part of American life by the mid-1920s. That fact is clear in this circa 1925 photo taken at the corner of Church and Main Streets in Jackson, Ohio. Parked cars line both sides of the street while, on the left, a service station awaits customers for its two gas pumps.
- Machine Shop at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Machine Shop at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Rolling Car Wheels at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Rolling Car Wheels at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Engine Smoke Consumer at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - 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 Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
- January 03, 1924
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Engine Smoke Consumer at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
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 Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
- Broadway Looking North, Jackson, Ohio, circa 1925 - Parked cars line the west side of Main Street, in this view looking north toward Broadway Street, in Jackson, Ohio. By 1925, around the time this photo was taken, the automobile was a firmly established part of American life.
- circa 1925
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Broadway Looking North, Jackson, Ohio, circa 1925
Parked cars line the west side of Main Street, in this view looking north toward Broadway Street, in Jackson, Ohio. By 1925, around the time this photo was taken, the automobile was a firmly established part of American life.
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Locomotive No. 79 at Refueling Station, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad steam locomotive number 79 was photographed taking on coal at Jackson, Ohio, in 1924. The following year, the locomotive was modified to burn oil in hopes of lowering fuel costs, reducing smoke and improving efficiency. While the experiment apparently was successful, no other DT&I steam locomotives were converted.
- January 03, 1924
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Locomotive No. 79 at Refueling Station, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad steam locomotive number 79 was photographed taking on coal at Jackson, Ohio, in 1924. The following year, the locomotive was modified to burn oil in hopes of lowering fuel costs, reducing smoke and improving efficiency. While the experiment apparently was successful, no other DT&I steam locomotives were converted.
- D.T. & I. Railroad Fire Department of Jackson, Ohio, January 3, 1924 - Fire was a constant threat on American railroads -- particularly in the days of steam locomotives that heated water with wood or coal-fueled fires. Most railroads maintained their own fire departments to protect against blazes at roundhouses and maintenance facilities. This photo shows employees of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad fire department.
- January 03, 1924
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D.T. & I. Railroad Fire Department of Jackson, Ohio, January 3, 1924
Fire was a constant threat on American railroads -- particularly in the days of steam locomotives that heated water with wood or coal-fueled fires. Most railroads maintained their own fire departments to protect against blazes at roundhouses and maintenance facilities. This photo shows employees of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad fire department.
- Locomotives at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1883 - 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 Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
- 1883
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Locomotives at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1883
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 Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.