Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Concrete piers

Photograph

DescriptionA dredge barge and workmen pouring concrete wall that will form replacement piers on the outlet of the Kalamazoo River. This image was featured as History Mystery #115 with the question "The new river channel and piers were completed in 1906. What is going on here?" and the solution "By the mid 1930s, the wooden piers were replaced with reinforced concrete as seen here in 1938."

HM Pier work 1938.jpg 486KB; By the mid 1930s, the wooden piers were replaced with reinforced concrete as seen here in 1938.

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.358

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Saugatuck Harbor Piers/Channel 1906-present

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Kalamazoo River

Collection

Nautical

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

Create Date

11/05/2023

Update Date

04/02/2024