Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: rogers city

Seagull Park, Rogers City, Michigan. She's trying to identify a ship, out on Lake Huron; there was just enough haze in the air to make that difficult. Turned out to be Arthur Anderson .

Anchored off Rogers City, Michigan. The very ship Joan was looking at in a picture I posted a couple days back . I've cleaned up the haze a bit.... Looks like there's another ship, off on the horizon.

Between Rogers City and Alpena, Michigan, on Lake Huron. "New" because there's an older light down the road.

Near Rogers City on Lake Huron. Not the prettiest lighthouse on the Great Lakes, and surprisingly difficult to photograph well. On the other hand, it's an excellent museum complex , and an absolutely delightful park. And there's a shipwreck just a few yards down the beach. Well worth a visit.

The kitchen in the lighthouse at Forty Mile Point, north of Rogers City, Michigan. For now, at least, the last picture in this set.

This stair's inside the house; I showed you the tower staircase a few weeks back. When it was in use, this was a fine middle-class home. Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, on Lake Huron near Rogers City, Michigan.

The lighthouse keeper at Forty Mile Point had a little office in the tower, just below the light, where he did the apparently-voluminous paperwork required by his bosses. Only a workable solution in such a wide tower, I'd think. Near Rogers City, Michigan.

Forty Mile Point Lighthouse , near Rogers City, Michigan. The focal point of a fairly new county park, and of a surprisingly good maritime museum. The lady at the top of the steps--I suppose you'd call her a docent--had a fine spiel, answers to simple questions, and an engaging personality. She was waiting for the sailboats to appear....

The steps in the lighthouse tower. This light has a wide tower, and the stair is relatively tame. Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City, Michigan.

This photographer was working harder at his craft than I was. Hope he got some good pix.

A photo with youngsters to give you a sense of scale. This is a small waterfall. One of the things we learned from Thursday's visit to Ocqueoc was that there's a trail along the river. So on Saturday, with better weather. we returned to the Falls and went for a short hike. The little park at the falls was just loaded with people on Saturday. We encountered several who'd come fairly long distances just to see the fall; all expressed disappointment.

It rained on Thursday, so we mostly hid in the camper and read. Eventually we got bored.... Joan suggested we find Ocqueoc Falls, which (as perhaps you know) is the biggest/highest/only waterfall in the Lower Peninsula. My expectations were low, so I wasn't disappointed in the fall (at 3 or 4 feet it's basically the tallest drop in a rapids). That said, there's a great park and the scenery's just terrific. Well worth a visit if you're in the area; not worth a long trip if it's your main destination.

"Sunday Nov 14, 1937 boat loading limestone at Rogers City Mich." B.H. Taylor was launched on September 1, 1923 at Lorain for Rogers City-based Bradley Transportation (a division of US Steel). She was renamed to Rogers City in 1957, and scrapped in 1988. The Milwaukee Public Library has several pictures of this then-new ship helping build Milwaukee's breakwater in 1924. According to the Milwaukee contractor, Edward E Gillen Company, the Taylor was the "Biggest, best, & fastest self unloader in the world." Perhaps in 1924, but at 522 feet she was not a large ship. I was unable to find anything about the person this ship honored except that he was one of Carl Bradley's pallbearers, which likely means (or verifies) that he was a Steel Corp executive. Any assistance would be appreciated. Borucki's Lakers