Title: Dredges
Photographer: Earl J. Gagnon
Subject Headings: Excavation - Dredging, Water - Lakes,
Condition: Good
Description: The Col. D. D. Gaillard, consistent dredge visitor to Portage Lake and Ontonagon harbor. Serviced by either of two tugs, the Lake Superior (successor to the Gen. C. B. Sears) or the Marquette (successor to the Essayons), this steam dredge buckets its lake bottom sand into steel scows to be emptied in deep portions of water. [Image of the dredge in operation.]
Source of Description: Back of photo [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Joan Schroeder
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 20.5 cm x 25.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS044-002-013-014
Collection Name: Earl Gagnon Photograph Collection
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