Besser - Churchill Company Stave Mill
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The Besser Stave Mill (aka The Besser - Churchill Co.) produced pieces of wood, which were assembled into barrels. It was located along the Thunder Bay River between Johnson St. and what was once Fort St.
- Notes
- There were also hoop mills, which made wooden hoops to hold the barrels together.
- Inscriptions
- "Besser Stave Mill, Built October 1897"
- Date of Original
- 1897
- Dimensions
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Width: 5734 px
Height: 4502 px
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 5734px
Image Height: 4502px
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Besser, Herman
- Corporate Name(s)
- Besser - Churchill Company
- Collection
- Fred Trelfa Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Approximate location of Besser Stave Mill:
Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.077667895475 Longitude: -83.4455602302551
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Approximate location of Besser Stave Mill:
- Donor
- Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to United States law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Fred Trelfa Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
- Contact
- Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public LibraryEmail:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
