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Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about drilling water wells and establishing and expanding the municipal water system.
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cr1897070901WellAtDouglasCottage.jpg; J.C. Linn at W.A. Douglas cottage cr1897071601DouglasCottageWellFails.jpg cr1900050401CityWaterWorksBuilding.jpg cr1903112701SaugatuckWaterWorks.jpg; August cr1903120401WaterWorksQuestion-1.jpg cr1903120401WaterWorksQuestion-2.jpg cr1903121101WaterWorksElection.jpg cr1903122501WaterCommitteeAtWork.jpg cr1904010101WaterWorksCoimmitteeReports-1-2.jpg cr1904011501CostEstimateForWaterWorks.jpg cr1904012201HarbertGivesCityOkToBuildReservoir.jpg cr1904031101WaterWorksSpecs.jpg cr1904050604BidsForWaterWorks.jpg cr1904061704DevineBuildsTrackToLonePineForReservoir.jpg cr1904062404WaterPipesOnButler.jpg cr1904070101WaterMainWillBeOnLakeSt.jpg cr1904070104PipesBeingLaidOnButlerSt.jpg cr1904081904WaterWorksAlmostComplete.jpg cr1904101401WaterWorksCompleted.jpg cr1904102801WaterWorksEffective.jpg cr1904110404WmCarver80ftWellOnPleasant.jpg; William Carver cr1904111101WaterWorksBondIssuePasses..jpg cr1904052004WaterMainOnLakeorPleasant.jpg; Clifton Chamberlain saloon, Alvord water system mains location cr1905040701PfaffJrCostToTapWaterMain.jpg cr1905050501WaterConnectionsListed.jpg; George Smalley, W.H. Ward, Charles Scales, Crowe Brothers, Red Cross drug store, Dr. Walker, Mrs. R.J. Walker, Cummings House, Joe Zwemer, Roger Reed, S.C. Reed, Frank Seastrum, John Priest, Bird's Drug Store, Chamberlain's Saloon, E.S. Pride's resort cr1905122902ThreeMoreVillageWellsPutIn.jpg cr1973112905OldPumpHouse.jpg; James E. Sheridan's recollections about the Pump House, Southern Michigan Power Co., Consumers Power Co., Harry Bird, Charles E. Bird, the Big Pavilion power plant, Garrison, Charles Redabaugh, Roger Reed, Harry Newnham

2024.01.15

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Winthers, Sally

2024.01

Yoder, Chris

Donation, unconditional

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

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Lone Pine Hill/Dune

The outdoor learning stations at the Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum give an overview of the municipal water system.

03/08/2024

05/30/2024