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Grand Rapids: August 8, 2017: Steamboats on the Grand River: Roadside Park on M-21 Grand Rapids vicinity February 12, 1959: Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railroad Depot: N. Union Street Sparta: May 10, 1990: Eliphalet H. Turner House† 731Front Avenue NW Grand Rapids: April 24, 1970: U.S. Post Office† 17 Pearl Street NW Grand Rapids: February ...
The Grand Rapids Swing Bridge is a four span Pratt truss railroad swing bridge in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was built in 1902 for the Pere Marquette Railroad as a swing bridge to allow steamboats to pass up the Grand River, but this river traffic was discontinued in 1907. [1] The turntable is rusted shut and currently inoperable. [2]
The name "Rickey" was given by John Rickey, a man who operated a store near the rapids. The name "Grand Rapids was commonly used as late as 1882. [15] Today the rapids are submerged in Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, the reservoir of Grand Coulee Dam. Kettle Falls.
Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. [4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [5] making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit.
Steamboats on the Lakes: Two Centuries of Steamboat Travel Through Ontario's Waterways. Toronto: J. Lorimer. ISBN 9781550288858. Stonehouse, Frederick (1985). Lake Superior's "Shipwreck Coast": A Survey of Maritime Accidents From Whitefish Bay's Point Iroquois to Grand Marais, Michigan. Au Train, Mich.: Avery Color Studios. ISBN 9780932212436.
During the Big Bend Gold Rush from 1865 on, the Dalles des Morts marked the head of steamboat navigation on a route that stretched from Marcus, Washington Terr. via the Arrow Lakes to the port-boomtowns of La Porte and nearby Downie Creek, which lay at the foot of the rapids, and also at the foot of the portage to the goldfields on the creeks flanking the Goldstream River, which joined the ...
For a stay that is just five minutes away from the ski area (and with free shuttles into town), choose the Steamboat Grand. It provides a series of rustic, cosy rooms alongside a year-round ...
This is a list of steamboats and related vessels which operated on the Columbia river and its tributaries and in the state of Oregon, including its coastal areas. This should not be considered a complete list. Information for some vessels may be lacking, or sources may be in conflict.