Black and white panoramic photograph from approximately 1910 of Grand Ledge, Michigan. Image includes the newly constructed concrete bridge, which replaced the 1870 iron bridge in 1910.
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Black and white photograph from approximately 1870 showing the iron bridge crossing the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The bridge was constructed to replace a wooden bridge in 1870, and then replaced by a concrete bridge in 1910.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; bridges; cityscapes; rivers; construction sites
Black and white photograph from 1894 showing Grand Ledge, Michigan from the north, looking over Grand River and the iron bridge crossing. The bridge was constructed to replace a wooden bridge in 1870, and then replaced by a concrete bridge in 1910.
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Black and white photograph from 1905 of the first auto parade in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Ransom E. Olds (founder of Olds Motor Vehicle Company in Lansing, and the Oldsmobile and Reo brands) and his wife are in the first car.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Olds, Ransom Eli, 1864-1950; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); carriages and coaches; automobiles; parades; crowds; people; men; women; storefronts; street scenes
Black and white photograph from circa 1886-1893 showing the Seven Islands Resort buildings on the Second Island in the Grand River at Grand Ledge, Michigan. The pagoda-like building - the Round House - was constructed after J. Scott Mudge bought...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); resorts; recreation; rivers; buildings; cityscapes; aerial views
Black and white photograph from approximately 1870 showing the iron bridge crossing the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The bridge was constructed to replace a wooden bridge in 1870, and then replaced by a concrete bridge in 1910.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); bridges; rivers; construction sites
Black and white photograph of the Sandstone Creek, which meets the Grand River at Hemlock Point in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Hemlock Point is located at the base of Lions Head Rock, and was a popular destination for boaters on the Grand River. It...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Sandstone Creek (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Hemlock Point (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; nature scenes
Black and white photograph of the hemlock grove at Hemlock Point in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Hemlock Point is located at the base of Lions Head Rock, and was a popular destination for boaters on the Grand River. It includes one of the only natural...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Hemlock Point (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Sandstone Creek (Grand Ledge, Mich.); Grand River; nature scenes; rivers
Black and white print showing an aerial view of Grand Ledge in 1881. Note the iron bridge crossing the Grand River at Bridge Street. It was built in 1870 to replace a wooden bridge, which inevitably was damages each spring by ice flow on the river....
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Black and white photograph of two women boating on the Grand River, surrounded by picturesque ledges near Grand Ledge, Michigan. The ledges they are boating by are "The Palisades", a section of shear cliffs.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; boats; recreation; nature scenes; rivers; people; women
Black and white print of Grand Ledge, Michigan, circa 1870-1880, showing the Rose & Harrison Planing Mill and Denison House (hotel) along the Grand River and the iron Bridge Street bridge.
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; mills; hotels; cityscapes; bridges; Bridge Street (Grand Ledge, Mich.); logging industry;
Black and white photograph from 1893 showing the buildings of the Seven Islands Resort (including the iconic Round House in the background) surrounded by flood waters along the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The flood of 1893 is also known...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Seven Islands Resort (Grand Ledge, Mich.); resorts; rivers; flood scenes; disasters
Black and white photograph from 1863 of the Grand River floodwaters at the Stone Dam in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep, level body...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Stone Dam (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; flood scenes; buildings; dams
Black and white photograph from 1863 of the flooding Grand River rushing over the Stone Dam in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep,...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Stone Dam (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; flood scenes; dams
Black and white photograph from 1863 of the flooding Grand River rushing over the Stone Dam in Grand Ledge, Michigan. The Stone Dam was constructed in 1887 by J.S. Mudge, the then new owner of the Seven Islands Resort. This dam created a deep,...
Grand Ledge (Mich.); Eaton County (Mich.); Grand River; Stone Dam (Grand Ledge, Mich.); rivers; flood scenes; buildings; dams
Black and white photograph of the Grand River flooding in 1893 with the mill in the foreground, and the iron bridge (Bridge Street) in the background in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
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