Print, Photographic

Photograph. Black and white photo showing coal being unloaded at the Detroit Edison Delray electric power plant. The image shows the forward section of the self-unloading steamship, Norman J. Kopmeier, of the American Steamship Company, which is unloading coal at the dock at the power plant site. The self-unloader conveyor boom and a coal pile are visible in the foreground. The Detroit River and Canadian shoreline are visible in the background. A typewritten label in the upper left corner area of the photo shows "The first load of water borne coal of the season being unloaded at the Detroit Edison Company's Delray Power Plant, Detroit, Michigan."