Storm warning tower

Photograph

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Storm warning tower

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.661

Description

Simmons negative number 661 A crane lifts the new storm warning tower which may be the same one still near the Casa Loma property. Pavilion and the Edgewater marina is visible in the background Index text: 661 0/12 Saugatuck - Kalamazoo Erecting new storm warning tower From photographic negatives created by William R. Simmons, editor of the Commercial Record newspaper between 1941 and 1961. More information may be in the 2001 SDHS book "Off the Record"

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative

Context

Part of a system whereby flags that indicated expected (forecast) weather conditions for boaters was run up the tower. One of the harbormasters was Henry Hungerford.

Collection

William (Bill) Simmons, Nautical, Transportation: water, Weather, extreme

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.21

Lexicon

Search Terms

Storm tower

Location

Box

194 Simmons Negatives

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966, 340-360 Water/Dockside Marketplace/Boatyard Village/Hiestand's Edgewater Boat Livery/Heath Grist Mill

Create Date

March 19, 2022

Update Date

August 13, 2025