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The Port of Detroit is located along the west side of the Detroit River, and is the largest inland port in the state of Michigan. The port is overseen by the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, a five-member board of directors appointed by the State of Michigan, Wayne County and the City of Detroit. The authority coordinates river commerce on ...
Most reptiles in Michigan are protected by state law, but many are still at risk due to human encroachment on their habitats, the draining of wetlands and, in the case of snakes, indiscriminate killing by fearful humans. [3] [4] In 1995, the painted turtle was named as Michigan's state reptile. [5]
J. W. Westcott II is a post office boat that delivers mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and, as it is an official post office for the United States Postal Service, it also contains the only floating ZIP Code in the United States - 258859.
The whaleback steamer Charles W. Wetmore on the ways in Superior, Wisconsin Map of Superior Port on western Lake Superior 46°44′09″N 92°05′26″W / 46.735868°N 92.090511°W / 46.735868; -92.090511 The Superior Shipbuilding Company was originally called the American Steel Barge Company, and based in Duluth, Minnesota
She was built for Ward's Crescent Transportation Company of Detroit, Michigan, and was operated as part of his Detroit & Lake Superior Line. She was built to haul both bulk, and package freight. Throughout the 1893 shipping season, John V. Moran ran between Buffalo, New York, and Duluth, Minnesota.
It is unclear what use, if any, Detroit Edison put the property to in the 1930s and 40s, but in the 1950s and 60s Edison used the engine-building plant as a reconditioning and appliance shop. [17] By 1968, the property was occupied by the Globe Trading Company, a machinery and mill supplies dealer. [17] In 1981, Edison sold the property to ...
Amphibian habitats in Michigan are generally split into four regions: the northern and southern Lower Peninsula and the eastern and western Upper Peninsula, with differentiation based on climate, soils, underlying bedrock and glacially-derived landforms. Region One, the southern Lower Peninsula, is generally characterized by a warmer, less ...
The hull of Greater Detroit was launched on September 15, 1923, and was then towed to the American Shipbuilding Company yard in Detroit to be fitted with its numerous decks and an ornate wooden interior. After almost a year of this work Greater Detroit began service on August 24, 1924, sailing overnight from Detroit to Buffalo. [6]