Laying pipes under river 1957

HM67LayingPipeRiver: This image was featured as History Mystery #65 with the solution: Village Public Works crew  laying new water pipe on the river bottom ca 1950.
HM67LayingPipeRiver

This image was featured as History Mystery #65 with the solution: Village Public Works crew laying new water pipe on the river bottom ca 1950.

Name/Title

Laying pipes under river 1957

Entry/Object ID

2022.21.673

Description

Simmons negative number 673 A crew of men on a scow unreel a thick cable that will lay along the bottom of the Kalamazoo River. Index text: 673 0/5 Saugatuck - Kalamazoo 1957 Laying cable under river 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

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Kalamazoo River

Collection

William (Bill) Simmons

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.21

Location

Box

194 Simmons Negatives

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966

Create Date

March 23, 2022

Update Date

January 17, 2024