Digital Photo Archive
Ford Sawmill in L'Anse
1920s
1920’s picture of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1920’s picture of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse taken from the south yard looking north. Also in the picture is a view of the old L’Anse-Baraga Road.
1920’s picture of the Ford Sawmill property and loading docks looking west towards Baraga.
1920’s picture of Ford Motor Company’s great lakes freighter called the Henry Ford II at the loading dock of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1920’s picture of a Ford Motor Company ship called the Oneida at the loading dock of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1920’s picture of a Ford Motor Company ship called the Onondaga with the tugs Daniel L. Hebard and the Jay C. Morse at the loading dock of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse. The Onondaga was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Caribbean on July 23, 1942 with the loss of 128 lives. This picture was dated 1924.
1920’s picture of Ford locomotive #1 used for logging and sawmill operations at the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1920’s picture of Ford locomotive #2 at the Ford Sawmill loading dock in L’Anse.
1920’s picture showing the train wreck of Ford locomotive #4 somewhere in Baraga County.
1920’s picture showing the train wreck of Ford locomotive #4 somewhere in Baraga County.
1920’s picture showing the train wreck of Ford locomotive #4 somewhere in Baraga County.
1930s
1930’s picture of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1930’s picture of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1930’s picture of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse. This picture was dated July 20, 1937.
1930’s picture of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1930’s picture of the Ford Sawmill and loading dock with the ford lumber barge Lake Kyttle being loaded with lumber in L’Anse.
1930’s picture of the Ford Sawmill and loading dock in L’Anse.
1930’s color postcard of the Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1950s
1950’s picture of the abandoned Ford Sawmill in L’Anse. This picture was probably taken in the fall of 1954 after Ford Motor Company discontinued its logging and sawmill operations in L’Anse.
1950’s picture of the abandoned Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1950’s picture of the abandoned Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1950’s picture of the abandoned Ford Sawmill in L’Anse.
1950’s picture of the Ford Sawmill property in L’Anse after the sawmill building was taken down. A company called the Celotex Corporation purchased the property from Ford Motor Company and eventually built a large ceiling tile manufacturing plant on the site.
1950’s picture showing construction of the new Celotex plant in L’Anse. This picture was dated 1958.
1950’s picture showing construction of the new Celotex plant and the new John H. Warden power plant in L’Anse.
1950’s aerial picture of the new Celotex plant in L’Anse.