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Antoine Dequindre (1781–1843) was a soldier, landowner and shopkeeper in Detroit, Michigan in the first half of the 19th century. He is best known for heroism at the Battle of Monguagon during the War of 1812 , when he was serving as a captain in the Michigan Legion.
The Dequindre Cut is in good condition, and the course of the Cut and how it relates to the street grid is apparent from the Antietam Avenue bridge. The bridge is good evidence of the grade separation effort early in the twentieth century. [3] However, as of 2008, the bridge has been demolished due to structural deficiencies and will be ...
The Dequindre Cut is a below-grade pathway, formerly a Grand Trunk Western Railroad line, [1] located on the east side of Detroit, Michigan, just west of St. Aubin Street. Much of the Cut has been converted to a greenway ; the colorful graffiti along the pathway has been left in place.
Metropolitan Parkway or Metro Parkway is a major thoroughfare in Metro Detroit that stretches west from Lake St. Clair Metropark to Bloomfield Township. Metro Parkway corresponds to 16 Mile Road in Metro Detroit's mile road system, and is sometimes referred to as such by area residents, but it is rarely officially called 16 Mile.
7 + 1 ⁄ 2 Mile Road—State Fair St. (Outer Drive E in Eastbound direction starting at Dequindre St. Returns to E State Fair Avenue at Conner St.) 8 Mile Road—Baseline Road (old name), (Ends at Helen St. east of Harper in Grosse Pointe Woods, with a 1-block stretch running east from Greater Mack. Vernier Road is not a mile road as 8 Mile ...
The city vacated Dequindre in the vicinity of the Dry Dock Engine Works in 1917, [11] and Guoin some time later; neither street currently exists in the area.) The main product line of the Dry Dock Engine Works was marine engines, and they produced 129 engines between 1867 and 1894. [12]
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Charles Moran (April 21, 1797 – October 13, 1876) was an American businessman, jurist, and politician who served three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.His family was prominent in early Detroit, and he is also related to the Campau and Dequindre families who were influential in the growth of the city.