Roads - U.S. 41

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Title: Roads - U.S. 41
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Transportation - Roads, Woody Plants - Trees,
Condition: Fair - Large thumbprint to right of image
Description: [View from a road that may be in Copper Harbor showing the overgrowth of trees on each side of the road]
Source of Description: [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Keweenaw Mountain Lodge
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: color
Size: 12.8 cm x 17.8 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: ACC-08-072A-01-03-06
Collection Name: Keweenaw Mountain Lodge 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:
• There was a major rebuild" of US 41, between Delaware and Copper Harbor in 1931; it was one of the first work relief road construction projects undertaken in Keweenaw County and is referenced in the records of the Keweenaw County Road Commission. I suspect that this view is of "41" looking up the hill, towards what was then called the Keweenaw Park and Cabins (today, the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge), from the Copper Harbor end of the road. My research indicates that 1930-era Copper Harbor residents called the road & hill by the name of "railing hill;" it was one of the first routes in Keweenaw County to have a guard rail. Paul LaVanway"
3/7/2009 8:43:59 AM by Anonymous