Browse Items (60 total)

This is an image of scrip labor workings shoring up the bank of the Grand River using stones from the riverbed. The workers are preparing for the construction of the Civic Auditorium. They are working near the Interurban Bridge (Gillett Bridge) and…

This is a photograph of the rip rap edge of the Grand River north of the Bell Telephone building and the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Bridge. The old city jail building can be seen on the left side of the image.

This photograph shows the dam just north of Bridge St Bridge, looking east.

This photograph shows the Grand River and the dam just north of the Bridge St Bridge. The Rowe Hotel can be seen in the background.

This photograph shows the gate house over the entrance to the east side canal. The Wolverine Brass Works building can be seen in the background.

This is an aerial of southern portion of Riverside Park from circa 1950s. Monroe Street can be seen to the right of the park.

This is a photograph of the old Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Bridge. It would later become the blue bridge for pedestrians.

This photograph shows the Grand River covered in ice just north of the Sixth Street Bridge.

This photograph shows the old Pearl Street bridge, part of which was built in the 1880s by the Massillon Bridge Company. The Voigt Milling Co. can be seen vaguely, on the other side of the river.

This photograph shows the old Fulton Street bridge, built in 1885 by the Massillon Bridge Company. Ice can be see in the river below.