Tamarack Number Five Shaft

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Title: Tamarack Number Five Shaft
Photographer: J.T. Reeder
Subject Headings: Engines, Manpower - Labor - Skilled Labor, Metal Trade - Copper Industry and Trade - Copper Mines and Mining
Condition: Good
Description: No. 5 Shaft Tamarack [View of a large steam engine hoist with several people observing it's operation]
Source of Description: Reeder Negative Database [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Harry Reeder
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS042-036-999-P-017B
Collection Name: MS042 Reeder 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:
• This Nordberg hoist was eventually moved by C&H to #3 Ahmeek to allow hoisting from greater depths. The #3 shaft was significantly deeper than #4.
10/19/2009 8:35:07 PM by Anonymous