Print, Photographic

Photograph. Black and white photo showing an aerial view of the Detroit Edison St. Clair electric power plant. The image shows several roads and grassy fields in the foreground. The power plant building with its seven exhaust smokestacks can be seen in the background along with the St. Clair River and the Canadian shoreline. A typewritten note on the verso shows "Final Stop - Economical coal extracted from Montana mines and transferred from trains to lake vessels at the Superior, Wisconsin, transshipment terminal will wind up here. In the foreground is the site of Detroit Edison's proposed Belle River power plant. Edison's St. Clair power plant is in the background. Deliveries of the cleaner-burning, low-sulfur coal will begin next April, part of Edison's project aimed at providing the most economical electricity possible to the people of Southeastern Michigan." Also, a blue ink stamp on the verso shows "Public Affairs Department, The Detroit Edison Company, 2000 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226."