Railroad crossing tower near the corner of Woodmere and 8th Streets. Image is probably taken looking south. The Pere Marquette (PM) was going east and west with the Grand Rapids and Indiana (GR&I) traveling north and south at this location.
Traverse City Canning Company on the left. Looking west on Lake Ave. The freight loading dock down the street on the right side served the Chicago and West Michigan railroad.
Looking south on Union Street from Bay Street. The M&NE (Manistee & Northeastern) depot is on the right and the Hannah Lay store on the left in the background.
Building of the first hydro electric power dam on the Boardman River, known as the "Boardman Dam". The Boardman River Electric Light and Power company had been formed by L.K. Gibbs and others to provide electric power to Traverse City. Up to this…