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  • Collection: Grand Rapids Engineering Department

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This photograph shows the newly constructed Division Ave extension toward Plainfield Ave. The National Guard Armory can be seen to the left.

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This photograph shows Ionia Ave NW prior to the extension of Division Ave north toward Plainfield Ave NW. The roof of the Michigan Street Armory, the National Guard Armory, can be seen in the foreground.

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This photograph shows the west bank of the Grand River at the old Interurban bridge. The West Side canal can be seen just past the bridge and the bank. This area would eventually become the grounds of Ah-Nab-Awen Park and the Gerald R. Ford Museum.

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This photograph shows Michigan Street looking west toward the Bridge Street bridge. The Valley City Milling Co. can be seen at the right and the Grand River can be seen ahead.

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This photograph shows the Grand River looking north toward the Fourth Street dam. The photograph looks like it was taken from the Bridge Street bridge and also shows the beautification dam just north of the Bridge Street bridge.

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This photograph shows the Grand River looking north from the dam that is just north of the Bridge Street bridge.

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This photograph shows the Interurban bridge over the west side canal.

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This photograph shows the construction of the Civic Auditorium. In the foreground the Grand River and the Interurban bridge can be seen.

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Dynamiting an ice jam on the Grand River south of the Fulton Street Bridge. The Voigt Milling Co. building can be seen just past the bridge. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Bridge can be seen just past the Fulton Street Bridge.

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This photo is of the construction of the Civic Auditorium in 1932. The constructing of this building was a WPA program and it was later renamed after the George Welsh Civic Auditorium after the Mayor who pushed for the project. The address now is…
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