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Copper Range Railroad School Train

Buildings, Transportation Buildings, Railroads, Buildings and Structures, Transportation, Railroads Students from Atlantic Mine boarding the Copper Range Railroad school train. Note the two-story flour mill on the right that ground barley, oats, and wheat. The train depot is to the left. [Image of the students following the tracks to board the train.]

Scanned: November 3, 2008


Snow Removal

Street Cleaning, Snow Removal, Seasons, Winter, Grader is sweeping the snow to one side and the snow blower is blowing it away. Similar to todays methods. [The grader resembles a large insect with its lopsided wheels and head lights for eyes. The blower follows behind.]

Scanned: September 4, 2009


Spring Thaw

Parks, Water, Rivers, Haas park and Dam

Scanned: May 21, 2014


Recreation

Persons, Manners and Customs, Recreation, "Watch it, Bub," warns Barney Peters, left as Frank Brule makes a strategic move on the checkerboard field of battle. These two "old timers" of Freda are the oldest of the retired gentlemen who are among the male population that equals in number those who are employed. Barney was a former mill runner at the stamp mill and Frank, chief blacksmith. [The two men play a game of checkers in the kitchen.]

Scanned: April 7, 2009


Public Transportation

Transportation, Automotive, , These two Dial-a-Ride buses still are in Houghton. They are on the grounds of the Houghton City Garage in South Houghton. They remain as evidence of what the public had in the way of social transit until some months back. Now they aren't running. It is true, nevertheless, that other communities are endeavoring to get such transit, even Ontonagon. Whether you believe the buses are advantageous depends upon your personal views. There are those who say that the rates charged were overly low and that if the fee were larger they might have paid off. This, perhaps, is true. After all, what does a quarter bring today? Not even a cup of coffee in some places. [Two idle buses are shown.]

Scanned: January 21, 2009


Quincy Mining Company - Technological Support Facilities at the Mine Location (Railroads, Machine Shops, Blacksmith Shops, Dry Houses, Compressor and Boiler Houses Plus General Views of the Mine.

Buildings, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Persons Old Pewabic boiler/hoist house revamped in 1907 to serve as QMC's No. 6 dry house. C. 1910.

Scanned: September 24, 2008


Soldiers - 1913

Persons, Armed Forces, Soldiers, Transportation, Railroads Arrival of artillery at Calumet, Mich., Battery B 1st. Btl., Mich. Field Artillery. [Soldiers and equipment arrive by train near the Haas Brewery. Several men, women and children gather near the train.]

Scanned: January 12, 2011


Cliff Location

Buildings, Dwellings, Human Settlements, Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining Cliff Location [Image of life at the Cliff. A horse and buggy is parked alongside of a house. Washing hangs on the line next to a wood shed. Mining operations are shown in the background.]

Scanned: October 2, 2007


Old Franklin Shaft House

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Old Franklin Shaft House [A photo of a wooden shafthouse among piles of poor rock. Another shafthouse is visible in the background.]

Scanned: August 23, 2006


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Railroads, Buildings and Structures, Buildings, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns Topographic Map of Longyear City, Advent Bay, West Spitsbergen. 1913. 96. [Plan of a small town with a single rail line running through it. The buildings are named or numbered. Electric power lines are shown.]

Scanned: May 14, 2008