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Buildings - Construction

Buildings, Excavation, Digging Site [Photo of vintage construction equipment removing earth from a site.]

Scanned: January 23, 2008


Canals - Portage

Inland Navigation, Canals, Water, Lakes, Excavation, Dredging Portage Lake, Mich. [Image of a dredge in operation.]

Scanned: March 5, 2008


Canals - Portage

Inland Navigation, Canals, Water, Lakes, Excavation, Dredging U. S. Engineers Dredge "Gaillard" dredging lower entry. [Image of the dredge working on the lower entry of the canal.]

Scanned: March 5, 2008


Canals - Portage

Locomotion, Boats and Boating, Workboats, Water, Lakes, Excavation, Dredging Upper Entry repairs to breakwater. [Photo of the breakwater and repair equipment.]

Scanned: March 6, 2008


Princess Point Map

Water, Rivers, Excavation, Dredging, Vicinity of Princess Point Portage River, Mich. Lake Superior [War Department Map of the Portage River inlet at Jacobsville, Mich.]

Scanned: December 5, 2005


Quarries - Grindstone, gypsum, limestone

Rock Excavation, Quarries and Quarrying, Manpower, Labor, Kerber Jacob's Quarry [Men working with tools and equipment]

Scanned: March 29, 2006


Quarries

Rock Excavation, Quarries and Quarrying, Manpower, Labor, Employees of the Portage Entry Quarry [Group of men pose for their photo in front of shed. Several men are standing on railroad tracks.]

Scanned: April 5, 2006


Iron Mines

Metal Trade, Iron Industry and Trade, Iron Mines and Mining, Rock Excavation, Iron Mines & Mining - Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. - Jackson Iron Mine? [Pit from surface appears to intersect the shaft on the ground.]

Scanned: June 15, 2006


Quarries

Rock Excavation, Quarries and Quarrying, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Portage Entry Quarry [Photo showing men and machinery excavating the rock]

Scanned: June 28, 2006


Quarries

Rock Excavation, Quarries and Quarrying, Manpower, Labor, Skilled Labor, Buildings Portage Entry Quarry [View of men working and stacks of large stone blocks]

Scanned: June 28, 2006