Description:
Postcard showing a photo of machinery inside the Grand Trunk Shops in Battle Creek, c. 1908. The Shops were built in 1908 along Verona Road in Emmett Township at a cost of $3,000,000. They employed 400-500 persons by 1913.
Caption on front: Power House "Wisconsin Corliss" engine exciter, Rotary Converter, and Switch Board G. T. Shops, Battle Creek, Mich 1-176
Written on back: Talk about being slow about writing don't think I am alone Have not heard any thing about the postals yet. Guess the guy has croaked. Nothing to write in a letter so think this will answer yours [illegible]
Sent to: Minnie Evans 1004 N. Burdick Kalamazoo Mich.
Sent on: October 2, 1908