This drawbridge connects the Upper Peninsula towns of Houghton and Hancock, it spans the Keweenwaw Waterway, once a busy channel traversed by freighters filled with recently mined copper.Both municipalities are college towns, Houghton is the home of Michigan Tech, Finlandia University is in Hancock.
Next: An old iron mine in Ishpeming
Earlier posts:
The Keweenaw Waterway
Keweenaw National Historical Park, Quincy, Part One
Keweenaw National Historical Park, Quincy, Part Two
Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet
Little Gippers Preschool, Calumet, Michigan
A brief history of copper mining
Calumet, Michigan's St. Paul the Apostle Church
Finland, Finland, Finland
Escanaba's Sand Point Lighthouse
Manistique East Breakwater Light
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
Wawatam Lighthouse
Whitefish Point Light
The Munising Front Range Light
Grand Island East Harbor Lighthouse
Copper Harbor Lighthouse
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse
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