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After almost a year of this work Greater Detroit began service on August 24, 1924, sailing overnight from Detroit to Buffalo. [6] The ships were outfitted with the most powerful paddle engines ever built – Corliss steam engines capable of producing 10,000 horsepower (7,500 kW) and propelling the ship at speeds of up to 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph).
Eber Brock Ward (December 25, 1811 – January 2, 1875) was an American industrialist, iron and steel manufacturer, and shipbuilder.. Ward invested in several industries in Michigan and the Midwest.
His work with steam engines at the Dry Dock Engine Works inspired in part Ford's later idea of adding an engine to a carriage for road use. [13] The Dry Dock Engine Works had always had a special relationship with the nearby Detroit Dry Dock Company, which only increased as the years passed. [12]
A look at where the United Auto Workers union, Detroit's three automakers stand in contract talks. September 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM. With a deadline looming just before midnight Thursday, the United ...
The work took six years, with about 2,000 workers on site every day. Named for Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe, who spent 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, the bridge will provide another lin
"The objects of this Association are to protect its members from unjust and injurious competition, and secure through unity of action among all workers of the industry throughout the United States and Canada, claiming, as we do, that labor is capital, and is the only capital that possesses power to reproduce itself or in other words, to create ...
(The Center Square) – The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has officially recommended the Michigan Legislature fund 68 recreation development projects and 17 land acquisitions ...
SS Ste. Claire is a steamer located in Detroit, Michigan.Built in 1910, she was one of the last propeller-driven excursion steamers to be operated on the Great Lakes.She was declared a US National Historic Landmark in 1992.