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Wealth of strong manufacturing, a lot of it based in the building of carriage bodies but also in building iron stoves and Railroad Cars and wield, so detroit understood the manufacturing process but they also understood had a steel and iron and wood and rubber. Detroit had all of those talents right here in the designers and tool makers in the that in talk to make an automobile. So why dont we go inside and see the first car to travel on the street of detroit. So what we are looking at here looks very much like an oldfashioned right again, we just dont have a horse in front of, it in fact horses are sitting inside the vehicle, it is a motorized carriage, horseless, carriage this is the first to operate on the streets of detroit, Charles Brady king was the guy who designed this car and design the engine that went inside of, it its an unusual engine, four cylinders at the time people were using single or double cylinder engine, so powerful little vehicle. So Charles Brady kang and his bo
Breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also we have commissioner Ed Herrington joining us today. Thank you Ed Herrington. So it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. For nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city. The bridge went up in 1936. So today, this building is such a special place of travel, of welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepandemickship as we have new routes and ferrylandings. [applause] this is a place where people gather for the most important city celebrations, whether that be the pride parade toxer juneteenth to markets and festivals or just to have a day of enjoyment. In our time, this building stayed open during the covid pandemic, getting Farmers Market getting ready to return safely as soon it could and getting
Celebration very grand. We have our mayor, mayor london breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also we have commissioner Ed Herrington joining us today. Thank you Ed Herrington. So it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. For nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city. The bridge went up in 1936. So today, this building is such a special place of travel, of welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepandemickship as we have new routes and ferrylandings. [applause] this is a place where people gather for the most important city celebrations, whether that be the pride parade toxer juneteenth to markets and festivals or just to have a day of enjoyment. In our time, this building stayed open during the covid pandemic, getting Farmers Market gett
Celebration very grand. We have our mayor, mayor london breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also we have commissioner Ed Herrington joining us today. Thank you Ed Herrington. So it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. For nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city. The bridge went up in 1936. So today, this building is such a special place of travel, of welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepandemickship as we have new routes and ferrylandings. [applause] this is a place where people gather for the most important city celebrations, whether that be the pride parade toxer juneteenth to markets and festivals or just to have a day of enjoyment. In our time, this building stayed open during the covid pandemic, getting Farmers Market gett