And Detroit, situated neatly along a narrow river, was a city that knew how ... where infamous players in the Prohibition-era mob scene, including whiskey-lover Capone, looked forward to their ...

National Prohibition started in 1920 ... In the winter months, rum runners would actually drive across the frozen Detroit river, in lighter vehicles dubbed "whiskey sixes," because of the smaller ...

mostly over the Detroit River. Its influence, which included profiting from promoting other vices, including gambling and drug use, grew. Prohibition also brought severe — and unfair — alcohol ...

The Prohibition Era, which lasted from Jan ... Canada, across the frozen lower Detroit River, to the Michigan side of the international boundary line. The cars are driven with one door open ...

Below the murky, rolling currents of the Detroit River is a floor loaded with centuries ... On the same wall, there's a propeller from a sunken Prohibition-era rum runner found near the bridge.

with some experts estimating Detroit’s river crossing to Canada was responsible for 75% of alcohol flowing into the U.S.

U.S. Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes summed up the role of the Detroit River—frozen or not—as the main conduit for running alcohol across the border: “The Lord probably could have built ...

"The Detroit River witnessed the fierce battles of the ... Hosting everything from prohibition smuggling to the pleasure yachts of industrial titans." If you purchase a product or register ...

There are also many bottles dating back to prohibition. Firearms have also turned up. The Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC) was established in 1998 to restore the river. As an Area of ...

Meet the magnet fishers pulling treasure from the Detroit River How a 150-year-old company ... from guns to bottles dating back to the Prohibition Era. A private company is doing the work on ...

And Detroit, situated neatly along a narrow river, was a city that knew how ... where infamous players in the Prohibition-era mob scene, including whiskey-lover Capone, looked forward to their ...