Dams - Redridge

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Title: Dams - Redridge
Photographer: Official photographer for the construction company
Subject Headings: Earthwork - Dams, Woody Plants - Trees,
Condition: Good
Description: The building of the Redridge Steel Dam by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Works of Milwaukee was started in 1901 and completed in 1902 along with the completion of the Baltic Mill for which the dam was originally intended. The steel dam impounded water on the Salmon Trout River for about one and one-half miles upstream. Here the process of construction is proceeding with heavy concrete enforcements on each end of the dam and trestle. [Photo showing a broad view of the construction. Please see comment section for further information.]
Source of Description: Back of photo [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: William Brinkman
Date of Photo: 1901-02
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 20.2 cm x 25.3 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS029-009-047-002
Collection Name: William Brinkman 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:
• It is interesting to note (for those who are really digging into the basic facts of this operation) that there is a short spur of railroad track down below the steel works and running along the lower parts of the dam up toward the woodland and then gradually moving upward in gradual grade until it reached a switch near the Club House", the summer home of the Stanton and Dr. Moore families. The switch for the railroad was near the south side of the Stanton resort property (NOT the east side gate). From there the locomotive and cars joined the mainline of the Atlantic Mining Company's miniature railroad system. NOTE: The Copper Range Railroad had not yeat reached Redridge or Beacon Hill or Freda till about 1902, on a track system that ran along the dam site south side.This photo (one of the very best in the posession of photographer Bill Brinkman of Redridge, was taken by the Construction Company's official photographer and is in the care of Robert and Irving Gabe of Phoenix, Arizona. [Back of photo.]"
11/8/2007 1:18:46 PM by Christine Holland, Archives