Greater Detroit - Old photos
Greater Detroit
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The Greater Detroit tows her sister ship, the Greater Buffalo.
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Among the final moments of the Greater Detroit and Eastern States on Dec. 12, 1956, on their way to being burned in Lake St. Clair.
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The Greater Detroit departs in June 1933.
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The Greater Detroit in June 1933
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A crowd on the Greater Detroit in 1933
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The Greater Detroit in April 1946
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The Greater Detroit, in white, with her smaller fleet mate the Eastern States, in 1951
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In 1950, the Greater Detroit was painted white. It was originally black.
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The Greater Detroit was painted white in 1950, as most steamers were.
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The Greater Detroit at Harbor Springs in its white paint scheme.
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The Greater Detroit in its white paint scheme.
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The Greater Detroit is launched Sept. 15, 1923, by American Ship Building Co. at Lorain, Ohio
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The Greater Detroit docking at Buffalo, N.Y.
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The Greater Detroit under way
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The Greater Detroit and Eastern States tied up as demolition is under way for the new civic center March 5, 1951.