Item: Factories Along Grand River
| Title: | Factories Along Grand River |
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| Image: | 
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| Creator: | Louis C. Towner |
| Date: | 1911 |
| Description: | Factories are located along the west side of the Grand River with Bridge St. to the right. The Voigt Mill, producer of Crescent Flour, with its tall smoke stack is in the center of the photo. At the far left is the West Side Iron Works, and at the right the J.H.Benton Co. At the far right is Brown & Sehler located at 279-285 Bridge. The steeple of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at 348 Mount Vernon NW is visible between the Iron Works and the Voigt Mill. |
| Found In Photo Essay: | Air Pollution in Grand Rapids 100 Years Ago |
| Subjects: | Grand River Industrial Buildings Air Pollution Towner, Louis C. Industrial Buildings Factories Smokestacks St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Signs |
| Notes: | Title by cataloger. Thank you to Father Dennis Morrow for identification of St. John's Church. |
| Format of original: | Photograph |
| Place Name: | Grand Rapids |
| Collection: | #00406, Photo Coll., Smoke Collection Dept.,, Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), |
| Rights: | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), Grand Rapids, MI |
| Institution: | Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), |
