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18 images Created 10 Feb 2011

Structures

This gallery contains images that I have captured of man's creations in the natural world. I am fascinated, even awed, at what we can create, but equally awed by nature's steady march to return things to their natural state.
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  • Perhaps the most photographed lighthouse in all of Michigan, the Grand Island East Channel Light is a study in simplicity. It hasn't been used as aid to navigation since the early 1900's, but it is a symbol of the state, of the Upper Peninsula, of Munising, and a regular itinerary item on the various boat trips to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in summer. I captured this image of the lighthouse from the ice during a brief snow squall, resulting in the ghostly appearance of Munising in the background.
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  • This old wooden building just north of Hancock, Michigan, has succumbed to the ravages of old age, and the winter snow load. Given that the average winter snowfall here is over 15 feet, it's amazing that this structure still stands at all.
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  • In this image, a mighty structure, the Allouez-Ashwaubenon Bridge, which carries Wisconsin Highway 172 over the Fox River, appears to emerge from very mysterious origins.
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  • This image captures the cast iron lantern room and Fresnel lens of the storied Sand Point Lighthouse in Escanaba, Michigan. This lighthouse was in continuous operation from 1868-1939, and has been painstakingly restored by the Delta County Historical Society.<br />
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Sand Point Lighthouse was the venue for some truly fascinating historical events. History buffs should consider investigating the lighthouse, and the entire region between Marinette and Rapid River.
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  • At De Pere, Wisconsin, the US Army Corps of Engineers maintains a low-head dam on the Fox River to maintain river levels upstream. In the spring of 2008, a very rainy spell turned the lower Fox River into a raging torrent. This image captures the dam, somewhat after the maximum flow had subsided.
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  • While certainly not reflective of "nature", silos are everywhere in the Midwest. They're part of the scenery on every trip, photographic or otherwise. My penchant for photographing silos undoubtedly stems from having grown up on a farm. Whatever the cause, I cannot resist composing images that include them.
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  • All that remains of this old farm is the barn. There must be such history associated with this building. If only it could talk!!
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  • Crossing the new Claude Allouez Bridge in De Pere, Wisconsin, I was struck with these juxtaposed, vertical elements. The element in the foreground is one of the gateway pylons, at the west entrance to the bridge, completed in 2007. The element in the background is the steeple of St. Boniface Church, completed in 1882.
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  • This old barn in Door County, Wisconsin, stands its ground against the threatening skies overhead.<br />
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I have always considered storms to be an important aspect of my photographic mission. Black and white images of storms magnify their visual impact.<br />
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As is the case with most of the aging agricultural buildings that I photograph, I can't help but to wonder about the history that this barn has been a part of.
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  • This view of the massive Allouez-Ashwaubenon Bridge over Wisconsin's Fox River is an interesting study in geometric patterns.
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  • Sherwood Point Light, near Idlewild, Wisconsin, has been marking the west side of the north entrance to Sturgeon Bay since 1883. It was the last manned lighthouse on Lake Michigan when, in 1983, it was automated by the US Coast Guard. Local legend suggests that the lighthouse is haunted by the ghost of Minnie Hesh Cochems, one-time Assistant Keeper, and the wife of one-time Lighthouse Keeper William Cochems. The Cochems raised their family here. Minnie passed away, at the lighthouse, in 1928.
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  • Perhaps the very last house standing in the old ghost town of Glengary, Michigan. From the nature perspective; the forest always reclaims itself, given time.
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  • Even though I grew up in Michigan, and have viewed and driven over it countless times, I think I will never lose my sense of amazement concerning the five mile long Mackinac Bridge. Even setting aside the still nearly incomprehensible engineering feat that created it, I have long considered this bridge to be one of the most beautiful man-made creations in the world. I took this photograph in August, 2009, just shy of the Mighty Mac's 52nd service anniversary.
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  • This is the Mortimer E. Cooley Bridge, which carries Michigan highway M-55 over the Pine River near Wellston. This is one of only two cantilevered deck truss bridges in Michigan, the other being the Cut River Bridge in the Upper Peninsula.
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  • Another engineering masterpiece, the Cut River Bridge (as viewed from the north) has carried highway US-2 over the Cut River Gorge, and the Cut River, 147 feet below, since 1947. This is one of only two cantilevered deck truss bridges in Michigan, the other being the Mortimer E. Cooley bridge that carries highway M-55 over the Pine River in Manistee County where I lived for a number of years in the 70's. This bridge contains nearly 900 tons of steel.
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  • Another engineering masterpiece, the Cut River Bridge (as viewed from the south) has carried highway US-2 over the Cut River Gorge, and the Cut River, 147 feet below, since 1947. This is one of only two cantilevered deck truss bridges in Michigan, the other being the Mortimer E. Cooley bridge that carries highway M-55 over the Pine River in Manistee County where I lived for a number of years in the 70's. This bridge contains nearly 900 tons of steel.
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  • One of many images of Northern Michigan beauty from my week-long color tour in October 2013.
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  • One of many images of Northern Michigan beauty from my week-long color tour in October 2013.
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