Editing Detroit (section)

===Floating post office===

[[File:J.W. Westcott II.jpg|thumb|''[[J.W. Westcott II]]'' on the Detroit River in front of the Ambassador Bridge]]

Detroit has a floating post office, the ''[[J. W. Westcott II]]'', which serves lake freighters along the Detroit River. Its [[ZIP Code]] is 48222.<ref>{{cite web|website=www,zipcodestogo.com|url=https://www.zipcodestogo.com/Detroit/MI/48222/|title=ZIP Code 48222: Detroit, MI (Detroit River Station)|date=2022|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref> The ZIP Code is used exclusively for the ''J. W. Westcott II'', which makes it the only floating ZIP Code in the United States. It has a land-based office at 12 24th Street, just south of the Ambassador Bridge. The J.W. Westcott Company was established in 1874 by Captain John Ward Westcott as a maritime reporting agency to inform other vessels about port conditions,<ref>{{Cite web |title=48222 |url=https://www.jwwestcott.com/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |website=48222 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the ''J. W. Westcott II'' vessel began service in 1949 and is still in operation today.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/business/a-mail-boat-stays-afloat.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/business/a-mail-boat-stays-afloat.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=A Mail Boat Stays Afloat|last=Kelley|first=Tyler J.|date=August 20, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 10, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref>