Shriver's Bend

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Shriver's Bend

Entry/Object ID

2011.27.07

Description

Photographs of the wooden sea walls along the final curve of the Kalamazoo River's old harbor, the rustic wooden buildings on the Shriver property and the crow's next dune.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Old Harbor/Channel piers pre-1906/Ox-Bow Lagoon, Fishtown, Waldorf/Castoria/Drake studios, Shriver Ice houses/shanties

Context

These massive sea walls were built to concentrate and quicken the flow of the Kalamazoo River in the hopes of improving navigation by flushing out silt and potential sand bars. The seawalls were built by the Federal government between 1870 and 1873.

Collection

Nautical, 1910 Ox-Bow, Transportation: water

Acquisition

Accession

2011.27

Source or Donor

Volkema, Nancy Davis

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Search Terms

Infrastructure

Location

Binder

Postcard Binder 2 water scenes lake river

Create Date

July 18, 2011

Update Date

December 12, 2024