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Title
Boyden Shingle Mill
Creator
NULL

Institution
Loutit District Library

Subject
Boyden Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.)

Subject
Lumber trade -- Michigan -- Grand Haven

Subject
NULL

Item Number
LH01n012

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
Located on the south side of the South Channel between Second and Third Streets, the mill had some 240 employees when the photograph was taken. It was the largest shingle mill in the world at this time and in 1881, 160 million shingles were produced. The business closed in 1882 after a fire destroyed the building.

Boyden Shingle Mill

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