Concrete piers
Photograph
A dredge barge and workmen pouring concrete wall that will form replacement piers on the outlet of the Kalamazoo River.
This image was featured as History Mystery #115 with the question "The new river channel and piers were completed in 1906. What is going on here?" and the solution "By the mid 1930s, the wooden piers were replaced with reinforced concrete as seen here in 1938."
2023.10.358
Digital scan
Saugatuck Harbor Piers/Channel 1906-present
Kalamazoo River
Nautical
Winthers, Sally
Digital data in CatalogIt
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.
11/05/2023
04/02/2024