Tugboat C.A. LORMAN towing section of Michigan Central Railway Tunnel down Saint Clair River, 1906-1910

real photo postcard, divided back, hand-colored

POSTCARDS
Hugh C. Leighton Co.; Pesha, Louis James
USA, MI, Saint Clair River
1906-1910
paper
3-3/8 x 5-3/8 in.

Real photo postcard, divided back, hand-colored; handwritten on back "EB 21207"; printed on back "THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. 31507. / MADE IN GERMANY"; printed on front in red at top "A Section of the Detroit River Tunnel in tow down St. Clair River"; tugboat C.A. LORMAN towing section of Michigan Central Railway Tunnel down Saint Clair River, 1906-1910; tunnel connects Detroit, MI, to Windsor, Ontario; begun 1906, opened 1910; built by Detroit River Tunnel Company for Canadian Pacific Railway; see black & white duplicate postcard 2014.49.10297.

2014.49.10298

Gift of Monika and Steven Lang, 2014.