Portage Lake Lift Bridge

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Title: Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Photographer: Gazette Photo
Subject Headings: Transportation - Bridges, Transportation - Automotive, Seasons - Winter
Condition: Good
Description: Use Other Walk - This sign on the northeast side of the bridge is almost unnecessary these days with the Portage Lake area snowfall so great. This is the first year the walk has seen so much snow before Yule. [Traffic passes over the snow covered bridge. Houghton High School can be seen in the distance.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article, December 19, 1958 [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Robert Skuggen
Date of Photo: Friday December 19 1958
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 15.8 cm x 15.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-016-005-004
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• The title of this photo should be changed: this is the old swing bridge, not the lift bridge.
8/2/2012 9:37:21 AM by Anonymous