Brockway Mountain Drive, Keweenaw County, Michigan, circa 1940
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Brockway Mountain Drive is a scenic highway on the Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts into Lake Superior from the northern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The picturesque roadway, which was constructed during the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, stretches just less than 9 miles and rises 1,320 feet above sea level.
Brockway Mountain Drive is a scenic highway on the Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts into Lake Superior from the northern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The picturesque roadway, which was constructed during the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, stretches just less than 9 miles and rises 1,320 feet above sea level.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1940
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Keweenaw County, Brockway Nose (peak)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1859.38
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on back: Brockway Mountain Drive / Keweenaw County
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