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DETROIT, MICHIGAN— The Drive reports that two men working on the renovation of Michigan Central Station, a passenger rail depot that opened in 1913 and closed in 1988, discovered a beer bottle wedged upside down behind a piece of crown molding. Much of the bottle’s label survived, and a rolled-up piece of paper had been placed inside it. The men turned the artifact over to their project superintendent, who passed it on to archivists at the Ford Motor Company, which has purchased the buildin...

100 Year Old Message in a Bottle Found At Detroit Train Station Crews renovating Detroits Michigan Central Station made an incredible discovery last week when they unearthed a 100 year old message in a bottle. Last year, Ford Motor Company made the announcement that they were planning and renovating the old Michigan Central Station and turning it into a "walkable" 30-acre campus. The station, which opened in 1913, has been shuttered since 1988. I can only imagine the history that building holds...

autoevolution 28 May 2021, 8:47 UTC · by 8 photos Back in 2018, American carmaker Ford bought the Michigan Central Station intending to turn it into “a vibrant new campus that will serve as an innovation hub for Ford’s vision for the future of transportation.” The massive building has been around since 1913, acting as the main intercity passenger rail depot until it was abandoned in 1988. It is presently the subject of a massive restoration process, with construction crews hard at...

A Stroh's beer bottle found inside Michigan Central Station in Detroit had a note in it from 1913.