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Str. Muncy passing the locks, Sault Ste. Marie – Vintage Wall Art

Str. Muncy passing the locks, Sault Ste. Marie, [1904?] — historic photograph
Str. Muncy passing the locks, Sault Ste. Marie, [1904?]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Str. Muncy passing the locks, Sault Ste. Marie. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The steamer Muncy is shown working through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where the St. Marys River drops between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. The locks let freighters bypass the rapids and carried iron ore, grain, and other bulk cargo that fed American industry in the early twentieth century. The record lists the scene as winter, when ice and cold made lock operations especially difficult. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views of towns, waterways, and industry across the country, made this glass negative, which is dated only tentatively to about 1904.

Created / published[1904?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes1547" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021828. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMuncy (Freighter) Cargo ships. Locks (Hydraulic engineering) Winter.United States--Michigan--Sault Sainte Marie.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64870

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