Below are photos I took while on a two-day weekend trip to the Keweenaw Penninsula over Labor Day weekend 2000.  Click on them to view the full-size pictures.  Photos were taken on a Sony Mavica 88, or snipped from my Sony TRV-20 digicam with limited post-processing using Adobe Photoshop.

All photos (C) Copyright 2000 Bill Carney send email to me

For train buffs, this building is the former home of the Houghton County Traction Company, a trolley service that covered most of northern Houghton County.

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A close-up shot of the Calumet and Hecla logo.  This was painted on the side of a restored snow-moving car that was used on company railways.

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Two old steamers at the smelting site at Ripley.

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