Dublin Core
Subject
Mills
Flour & meal industry
Rivers
Downtown
Description
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 northeast from the Hannay lay Grist Mill. The mill stood on the south bank of the Bordman River between Union and Cass. The dirt running diagonally across the photo to the right of the large white building is Washington Street. The White Buildings are the Park Place Hotel, the far section having been built in 1873. It was originaly called the Campbell House. The closer section is the annex, built in 1880. the 1873 building stood untill 1929, when it was demolished andreplaced by thecurrent 13 story brick park Place hotel. the 1880 addition was demolished in 19?? and replaced by the current annex in 19??
Source
Bensley Collection
Type
Print, Photographic, scanned image only
Identifier
789.111108.135
055C8962-F0CF-404B-A337-428187959403