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Title
First Lumber Mill
Creator
NULL

Institution
Loutit District Library

Subject
Lumber trade -- Michigan -- Grand Haven

Subject
NULL

Subject
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Item Number
LH01n017

Relation
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Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
This is probably the mill built in Grand Haven in 1836 by Canadians William Butts and William Hathaway. The mill had several owners and was destroyed by fire in 1868.

First Lumber Mill

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