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The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit.It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more.
Michigan Central Station (also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which was shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad ( reporting mark DTI) operated from 1905 to 1983 between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio, via Toledo. At the end of 1970, it operated 478 miles of road on 762 miles of track; that year it carried 1,244 million ton-miles of revenue freight.
June 5, 2024 at 10:44 AM. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Michigan Central spent 30 years empty, becoming a symbol of Detroit's decay, but before that it was a bustling hub for train travel in and out of the ...
The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline — has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create ...
It's hard to imagine what life was like about 100 years ago in the city of Detroit. Going back a century in time, the Motor City was experiencing a period of significant growth and prosperity ...
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The two were photographed together at the museum on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. For the first time in the Detroit Historical Museum's nearly 100-year history, a father and a son are being featured in ...