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Traffic at 5:30 on Second Avenue, Detroit, Mich. (LOC)

  • DetroitDerek Photography ( ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ) said:
    The view suggests this had to be taken atop the Fisher Building on Grand.
  • Eric Schmeric said:
    There aren't any lane lines painted onto the roads. Hopefully they've corrected this by now. Is this still a one-way road?
  • einosunshine said:
    Still a one way road. The area near the top of the picture is being transformed into a TechTown. I teach in the area.
  • steel flame said:
    Look at those historic apartment buildings, long gone razed, just like thousands of them over the last 60 + years. Detroit is but a shell of what it once was, which was a great international city.

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. General view showing tank which stores gas from the coke oven. Square building and extension in middle ground is where coal is fed to a feeder belt and then transferred to a storage place

  • Shaun C. Williams said:
    This is beautiful! It's so nice to see a color picture(!) of this facility, looking all clean and well-maintained in its heyday.
  • Chris Smart said:
    these need to be added to the flickr map
  • vixengal said:
    Let me correct peaceocake's comment. The company which was bought by a Russian firm was Rouge Steel, originally part of Ford Motor Company, and is approximately 3 miles from this facility. It's now Severstal Steel. Great Lakes Steel (pictured) was in bankruptcy when it was bought by US Steel in 2003, and now known as the "Great Lakes Works". The plant is currently in operation, with many of the same employees. This photo shows a portion of the ironmaking facility, located on Zug Island. The gas holder was torn down years ago.
  • BISassistant said:
    My dad worked at Great Lakes Steel from sometime in the 1950's to about early 1970's. He was hurt in an explosion there on Memorial Day, 1972. I have looked everywhere on the internet for info on that explosion and cannot find anything. Does anyone remember that explosion and have any info on it? Thanks.

Flag, Detroit, Mich. (LOC)

  • Ramiro Moreyra Portilla said:
    Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Escudos y Banderas / Coats of Arm and Flags y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
  • Zippy Money said:
    Beautiful picture!
  • last page said:
    God Bless the United States of America.