John Harsch, Loretto. July 21st., 1908. The Bunch that Turned the Tide
Abstract/Description: | Sturgeon River Diverted into New Bed by John Marsch, Loretto, Dickinson County, Michigan, July 21, 1908: This photograph is identified as “John Marsch, Loretto, July 21st, 1908. The Bunch That turned the Tide.” On July 21, 1908, contractor John Marsch brought nearly one hundred guests to Loretto on a special Wisconsin & Michigan Railway train to watch as the Sturgeon River was diverted into its new bed. Marsch’s crew had cut a channel 5,440 feet long, excavating some 260,000 cubic yards of earth and limestone rock, so that the Loretto Mine could be connected with the Appleton Mine which were separated by the Sturgeon River. During the excursion from Iron Mountain to Loretto guests pictured here were provided with a sumptuous lunch and entertained by Castel’s band. [Menominee Range Historical Museum] |
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Subject(s): | Locomotives Water diversion Portraits, Group Loretto (Mich.) |
Date Created: | 1908 |
Title: | John Harsch, Loretto. July 21st., 1908. The Bunch that Turned the Tide. |
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Name(s): |
Dickinson County Library, contributor Cummings, William John, contributor Menominee Range Historical Museum, contributor Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | 1908 | |
Physical Form: | photographs | |
Extent: | 1 item | |
Abstract/Description: | Sturgeon River Diverted into New Bed by John Marsch, Loretto, Dickinson County, Michigan, July 21, 1908: This photograph is identified as “John Marsch, Loretto, July 21st, 1908. The Bunch That turned the Tide.” On July 21, 1908, contractor John Marsch brought nearly one hundred guests to Loretto on a special Wisconsin & Michigan Railway train to watch as the Sturgeon River was diverted into its new bed. Marsch’s crew had cut a channel 5,440 feet long, excavating some 260,000 cubic yards of earth and limestone rock, so that the Loretto Mine could be connected with the Appleton Mine which were separated by the Sturgeon River. During the excursion from Iron Mountain to Loretto guests pictured here were provided with a sumptuous lunch and entertained by Castel’s band. [Menominee Range Historical Museum] | |
Note(s): |
Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3 |
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Subject(s): |
Locomotives Water diversion Portraits, Group Loretto (Mich.) |
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Held by: | Dickinson County Library | |
Restrictions on Access: | No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
Is Part Of: | Dickinson County Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-005 | |
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