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Black and white photograph of building the Brown Bridge dam on the Boardman river, 1924. It shows 19 men and the wooden structure of the dam. Lert, Shugart Architectural Interior and landscape Photographer, Traverse City. Photo mounted on 9" x 11"…

Black and white photograph of workers building the Brown Bridge dam on the Boardman River, with 2 horses, 6 men, and a wagon in the water, 1924.

Black and white photograph of a map of the Boardman River with dams owned by the Boardman River Electric Light and Power Company, 1916.

Black and white photograph of the Boardman River Light & Power dam construction, c.1894.

Black and white photograph of the Boardman River Dam under construction between Cass and Union Streets, ca. 1900.

Black and white photograph of the walking bridge over the Boardman River at Hannah Park. (Note the sluceway used to float logs to the sawmill downstream after the installation of the Hannah Lay Grist mill dam just up stream.)

13 male workers building the Brown Bridge dam on the Boardman rive, 1924.

Old grist mill dam looking east on the Boardman River, Cass St. bridge in background.

Boardman river washout of the Boardman dam, 1917

Overview of downtown Traverse City and the Boardman river taken from the Hannah Lay flour mill. Note the logs being funneled to the sluceway to by pass the dam on their way to the sawmill downstream at the bay. Taken in the 1800's, and looks…