Dublin Core
Title
The Wylie Cooperage factory on Duck Lake
Subject
Cooperages
Trestles
Rafts
Description
A view of the factory from the lake. Note the railroad tressle and the raft with a winch for lifting sunken logs. The trees on the left are now in the Interlochen State Park.
The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were both located on Duck Lake just north of the State Park. They made barrels, between 1897 and about 1914,of the hard woods remaining after the Pine forests were lumbered off . A spur of the M&NE brought logs to the factory and the knocked down staves, heads and hoops were shipped out on the railroad. Many barrels went to the Chicago meat packing plants.
The Wylie Cooperage factory and the small company village of Wylie were both located on Duck Lake just north of the State Park. They made barrels, between 1897 and about 1914,of the hard woods remaining after the Pine forests were lumbered off . A spur of the M&NE brought logs to the factory and the knocked down staves, heads and hoops were shipped out on the railroad. Many barrels went to the Chicago meat packing plants.
Source
Pennington Collection
Date
1897-1914
Type
Print, Photographic, scanned image only
Identifier
750.112907.431
904E4342-32BA-4C39-8560-735838377421
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