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[Lower entrance to Poe Lock, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.] – Antique Wall Art

[Lower entrance to Poe Lock, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.], [between 1902 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Lower entrance to Poe Lock, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.], [between 1902 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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[Lower entrance to Poe Lock, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.]

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At the lower entrance to the Poe Lock in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, two freighters are named on their hulls: the *Howard L. Shaw* in the foreground and the *Thomas Adams* behind it. The lock, opened in 1896 and named for Army engineer Orlando M. Poe, lifted and lowered lake vessels between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes, which carried iron ore and grain through the rapids. The Detroit Publishing Company made this glass-plate negative in the years between 1902 and 1910, when its photographers traveled widely documenting American scenery, towns and industry. Shots like this one record both the engineering of the locks and the working ships that depended on them.

Created / published[between 1902 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Howard L. Shaw" on boat in foreground; "Thomas Adams" on boat in background. "G 2240" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033737. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHoward L. Shaw (Freighter) Thomas Adams (Freighter) Locks (Hydraulic engineering) Cargo ships.United States--Michigan--Sault Sainte Marie.United States--Michigan--Sault Sainte Marie Canal.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66910

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