Print, Photographic

Photograph. Black and white photo showing coal being unloaded at the Detroit Edison Marysville electric power plant. The elevated view shows the self-unloading steamship, Norman J. Kopmeier, of the American Steamship Company, which is unloading coal at the dock at the power plant site. A portion of the power plant roof is visible in the foreground with the ship, dock, and coal piles being visible in the center of the photo. The St. Clair River and Canadian shoreline are visible in the background. A typewritten label along the bottom of the photo shows "Marysville - Unloading Water-Borne Coal at Coal Dock; Looking Southeast From Northeast Corner of Coal Crusher House Roof - Elevation 656'-9"; Construction Bureau, 6-15-42 : 61305." A typewritten label on the verso shows "61305 - Unloading water-borne coal at the Detroit Edison Company's Marysville Power Plant coal dock."