P7961

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ID Number

P7961

Item Name

image

Maker

Clarke, Lewis F.

Title

Detroit-Windsor Tunnel entrance / Entrée du Tunnel Windsor-Detroit

Title (Fre)

Entrée du Tunnel Windsor-Detroit

Date

ca 1930

Description

An exterior view of the entrance to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Goyeau St., with the outgoing customs booths to the right; a customs officer or policemen stands in the entance drive to direct traffic; the lightposts and iron-wrought fences were constructed by Border Cities Wire & Iron Ltd.; the Prince Edward Hotel and various residential homes can be seen clearly in the background.

History

Border Cities Wire & Iron Ltd. operated in Walkerville from 1922 through until the early 1980's creating structural steel and ornamental iron among other things.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Border Cities Wire & Iron Ltd. / fil & fer Border Cities ltée

Clarke, Lewis F.

Customhouses / Édifices de la douane

Customs inspections / Inspections douanières

Detroit & Canada Tunnel Corporation / Le tunnel des municipalités de Détroit et de Windsor

Dwellings / Habitations

Fences / clôtures

Goyeau St. / Rue Goyeau

Hotels / Hôtels

Iron & steel workers / Ouvriers métallurgistes

Iron industry / Industrie sidérurgique

Ironwork / Ferronnerie

Lampposts / Mâts d'éclairage

Police

Prince Edward Hotel / Hôtel Prince Edward

Tariffs / Tarifs

Travel / Voyage

Welding / Soudure

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