Title: Redridge Dam
Photographer: Bill Brinkman
Subject Headings: Industries, Engineering,
Condition: Good
Description: Charles Karhkainen on rope block and Reino Alanen in hole, try to open old valves at the pipes underneath the steel dam at Redridge. After several days of hard and hagardous work, the men and the company gave up. It was impossible to break open the huge rusted valves that had been in stalled in 1901-1902 when the dam was built. The dam (steel) was built by the Wisconsin Iron and Foundry Works of Milwaukee.
Source of Description: Back of Print
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Bill Brinkman
Date of Photo: June 15 1965
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 25 cm x 20.3 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: NoNeg 2013-09-10-01
Collection Name: MS029; William H. Brinkman Photograph Collection
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