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On one photo (above) you can actually see the "chain of rocks"
just under the surface of the Mississippi Many thanks to Jane Linders for photos and info. The image to the right is a Polaroid transfer.
What you may ask does a photo of old Tiger Stadium have to do in a roadside icons page? Well, until the Retrolook Midwest section is sprouted up, it belongs here, with other eye-catching icons of the Midwest. 04-01 Tiger Stadium opened on April 20, 1912 on the same day as Fenway Park. The park was originally named Navin Field and Brigs Stadium until being called tiger Stadium in 1961. Tiger Stadium was home to the Detroit Tigers until 1999, when the nearby Comerica Park sprouted and opened in 2000. Word is the stadium will be demolished sometime in 2008.
UPDATE 07/08 : Check out the Spotlight From the Road feature on Tiger Stadium. 07-08
On the left is a view of downtown Ashtabula, OH. A historic bridge can be seen in the back. Though the fire looks rather ominous, this burning house was part of a string of homes set ablaze for practice. 01-07
Here's a shot of the Detroit News delivery trucks as well as the Detroit downtown area, circa 1965. 03-07
Detroit is home to this fabulous art deco Michigan Bell telephone building with a giant dial phone on its probably 1950's era sign. It appears no one has been to this place for years... or maybe it is an exchange building? 06-07 (Near right) A shot of the Bell Telephone building from across the street (Far right) A close-up shot of the yellow pages sign atop the building
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Here a images taken on the Chain of Rocks Bridge just north of
St. Louis, Missouri . This bridge is open only to pedestrian traffic now,
but 
was once part of the historic Route 66. The bridge overlooks the mighty
Mississippi River and during the winter months one can do a little eagle
watching from this historic bridge. 
which caused the Army Corps
of Engineers to build a canal around this phenomenon, diverting barge
traffic through the canal instead of getting hung up on the rocks.
