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Grand Rapids in 1856

Scene of early Grand Rapids viewed from the...


Grand Rapids Gas Plant

Grand Rapids Gas Plant

1890 ca

The view looks east across the Grand River to the Gas Works located at Wealthy and Oakland. A small boat with a canvas enclosure sits low in the water, and a small portion of a slightly larger boat is visible behind the tree at the right.

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TitleGrand Rapids Gas Plant
Date1890 ca
FormatPhotograph
Notes

Title by cataloger. The storage tanks, usually associated with the Gas Plant, are not visible in this photo, but they would have been behind and to the right, or south, of this building. See the image at the right in Related Images for the relationship.

Location In PhotoGrand Rapids, MI
CollectionColl. 54-11-2.1, History & Special Collections Dept.
Rights

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from Grand Rapids History & Special Collections, Archives, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, MI

InstitutionGrand Rapids Public Library
Physical Storage LocationGrand Rapids, MI


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