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That Light in the Tunnel: 1900

Circa 1900. "St. Clair River tunnel. Port Huron, Michigan." Time to move the camera! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Circa 1900. "St. Clair River tunnel. Port Huron, Michigan." Time to move the camera! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

 

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St Clair Tunnel Company steam loco

In the photo the engine is running tender first. They weren't turned, hence the position of the cab.

0-10-0

This is a pre-electrification view. St. Clair Tunnel Co. #1304 was an 0-10-0 steam locomotive. In 1907, catenary was hung in the tunnel and electric locomotives were used until dieselization in the late 1950s.

Regarding The Plural Public

The original owner, Grand Trunk Railway (predecessor to Grand Trunk and Western), was Canadian company.

Prohibition

The sign was written by the Canadian side, "public" taking a Canadian plural verb rather than the American singular.

[Just to be utterly clear, however, the photo was taken from the U.S. side. The new tunnel was built in 1994 to the north of the original. -tterrace]

Prohibited

" ... blah blah blah, thereto."

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