Sleigh pulled by horses crossing the third Second Avenue Bridge heading into downtown Alpena, Michigan. This bridge across the Thunder Bay River was built in 1886. Cohen's Store (or Alpena Furniture Store) is in the background. St. Mary's Steeple (faint) is on far right.
Sleigh pulled by horses crossing the third Second Avenue Bridge heading into ...
Two women posing along the edge of the Thunder Bay River, east of the Chisholm Street Bridge, Alpena, Michigan, in 1939. This bridge was built in 1932 and was named the George Washington Memorial Bridge in recognition of the bicentennial anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1732.
Two women posing along the edge of the Thunder Bay River, east ...
During the 1930s, the old Second Avenue Swing Bridge became inadequate and occasionally inoperative. On August 20, 1938, the Public Works Administration agreed to finance a new bridge. There was an outright grant of $157,909 to supplement $190,000, which the Municipal Church desired to raise though a bond issue. The ...
During the 1930s, the old Second Avenue Swing Bridge became inadequate and ...
Temporary Foot Bridge across the Thunder Bay River during the repair of the Second Avenue Bridge and reconstruction of the bridge abutments during the Spring and Summer of 1919. The Second Avenue Bridge reopened to traffic on July 21, 1919. This image shows the foot bridge connecting to the north ...
Temporary Foot Bridge across the Thunder Bay River during the repair of ...
The third Second Avenue Bridge across the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, Michigan, looking southwest. Alpena Furniture is large building. References to dynamiting and the flood of April 1923.
The third Second Avenue Bridge across the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, ...
Chisholm Street Bridge. This bridge was damaged during a Spring flood in 1923, but not rebuilt until 1932 when it was renamed the George Washington Memorial Bridge. Note the logs in the Thunder Bay River, which were being moved to the sawmills at the mouth of the river.
Chisholm Street Bridge. This bridge was damaged during a Spring flood in ...
Bridge to Island Park (aka Sportsmen's Island or Duck Park or Wildlife Sanctuary), across from the Alpena General Hospital on US 23 North, Alpena, Michigan. Taken May 4, 1962.
Bridge to Island Park (aka Sportsmen's Island or Duck Park or Wildlife ...
An unknown three-mast schooner is docked at the Butterfield and Crable Mill near Dock Street (North Second Avenue) and the swing bridge in the Thunder Bay River.
An unknown three-mast schooner is docked at the Butterfield and Crable Mill ...