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Map of the Broadway Bridge Exhibits

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : Along the Michigan Central Railroad Tracks

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stone slabs for sidewalks, 1880s
Broadway looking east, 1886

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : "The Finest on the Line"

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Richard Nixon addressed the crowd, 1952
Michigan Central Railroad depot, 1886

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : Early Power and Transportation

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Rebuilding the millrace
metal trestle, 1894

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : Lower Town's Flour Mills

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hydroelectric powerhouse, 1905
Argo consumed by fire in 1904
Ann Arbor Milling Co.

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : From Industry to Parks

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Lower town map, 1853
Northern brewery, 1894

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : The Agricultural Works and Lower Town

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1874 detail millrace map
Eli Moore and Family
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SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : The Clairvoyant Physician

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Daniel Kellogg portrait, 1865
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Kellogg building, 1938

SITE 10: Broadway Bridge Porcelain Display : The Underground Railroad

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Signal of Liberty, 1841
Rev. Guy Beckley House, 1930s
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Panel Information: Along the Michigan Central Railroad Tracks

The depot shown in the 1886 view above was built in 1845. The arrival of the first train from Detroit on October 17, 1839, assured Ann Arbor's future as a center for commerce and education. A grand celebration began at the original depot and ended at the county courthouse. By 1841 the first students at the University of Michigan could arrive by train from Detroit or Jackson. The Michigan Central Railroad reached Chicago in 1852.