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Background. The Sturgis Dam was the first municipal water power plant built in Michigan. [1] It is currently named after the city who owns it and paid for its construction. The dam is about 17 miles (27 km) away from the city of Sturgis which owns and operates the plant. The citizens of Sturgis passed a bond for a cost of $190,000 (equivalent ...
The Blossomland Bridge is a bascule bridge in St. Joseph, Michigan, that carries M-63 across the St. Joseph River. Delayed by World War II, construction took place from 1947 though 1948. At the time, it was the longest bridge built by the Michigan State Highway Department. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Bay City Fireworks Festival. The Bay City Fireworks Festival is an American Independence Day festival held each year around the 4th of July [1] on the Saginaw River near Veterans Memorial Bridge in Bay City, Michigan . In addition to the fireworks display, the festival also features several days of live concerts, a carnival, boat tours and more.
The US 12–St. Joseph River Bridge is the fourth bridge to cross the St. Joseph river in this vicinity. The Great Sauk Trail crossed the river at a shallow spot near the modern crossing. In 1825, the trail was surveyed and converted by the federal government into the Chicago Road, which presently is US 12. The first bridge to carry this road ...
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee, a neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) in southwest Michigan and northwest Indiana; St. Joseph River (Maumee River) in south central Michigan and northeast Indiana; St. Joseph Valley Parkway, carrying parts of U.S. Routes 20 and 31; Churches. St. Joseph's Church (disambiguation ...
St. Joseph, Missouri. / 39.75806°N 94.83667°W / 39.75806; -94.83667. St. Joseph is a city in Andrew and Buchanan counties and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. [3] Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and ...
LECO Corporation, founded in 1936 by Carl Schultz and George Krasl, operates its analytical instrumentation research and development, and manufacturing from its headquarters located in St. Joseph, Michigan. LECO develops and manufactures elemental measurement and molecular Time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrumentation, following ISO 9000 ...
In 1976, the festival included an international beer can collectors convention. That year, attendance topped 2 million. In 1977, the festival added fireworks for the first time. That edition's opening day parade was the second largest in the state. The opening of the 1979 festival was marked by 700 balloons released from the top of a city building.