Name/Title
Storm warning towerEntry/Object ID
2022.21.661Description
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
NegativeSubject Person or Organization
Storm Warning TowerContext
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. Simmons photo is identified as "new storm warning tower" which suggests the tower shown is not the first.Collection
William (Bill) Simmons, Nautical, Transportation: water, Weather, extremeCataloged By
Winthers, SallyDimensions
Dimension Description
digital dataRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966, 340-360 Water/Dockside Marketplace/Boatyard Village/Hiestand's Edge Water Boat Livery/Heath Grist Mill, Storm Warning Tower, 405 Park/Unsalted Boat Rentals/Casa LomaCreate Date
March 19, 2022Update Date
September 28, 2026
