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John Rule driving the sprinkling wagon over the streets of Iron Mountain

Dickinson County Library

Roads -- Dust control

Cities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula

AF01a061

Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3

Photograph of John Rule driving the sprinkling wagon over the streets of Iron Mountain in an attempt to keep down the dust during the hot, dry summer months. Note the canvas ""coats"" worn by the horses to protect them from the sun and dust.