Machinery inside the Grand Trunk Shops, c. 1908

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1908	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-030-026-004	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12488
dc.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	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Railroads and Depots - Grand Trunk	en_US
dc.subject	Grand Trunk Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Train Wrecks	en_US
dc.title	Machinery inside the Grand Trunk Shops, c. 1908	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US