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Title
Kelley's
Island
Boat
Ramp
Photograph
Subject
Transportation
Ships
Automobiles
Place
Sandusky (Ohio)
Erie County (Ohio)
Kelley's Island (Ohio)
Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description
This
4.5
"
x
3.5
"
(11.43
x
8.86
cm)
photograph
shows
a
crowd
gathered
at a
boat
ramp
on
Kelley's
Island
in
Lake
Erie
. The
photograph
was
taken
on
August
10,1940
. The
ferry
docked
at the
ramp
is
named
The
Messenger
.
Kelley's
Island
was the
center
of
limestone
production
in the
Great
Lakes
in the
late
nineteenth
century
when
16
limestone
kilns
produced
lime
on the
island
.
Limestone
quarries
have,
however
,
existed
on
Kelley's
Island
since
1833
.
Limestone
was a
popular
building
material
, and
lime
was also
used
for
agricultural
purposes
. The
stone
quarried
at
Kelley's
Island
was
brought
by
rail
to the
docks
,
loaded
onto
ships
, and then
transported
to
places
like
Cleveland
and
Detroit
.
Several
quarries
operated
on and
off
until
1972
when
the
last
remaining
operation
,
Kelley's
Island
Lime
and
Transport
Company
,
donated
its
land
to the
state
,
becoming
part
of
Lake
Erie
Islands
State
Park
.
Creator
Ohio Historical Society. Division of State Memorials
Date of Original
August
10
,
1940
Collection
Historic
Sites/
Let's
Explore
Ohio
Photographs
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
State
Archives
Series
6560
AV
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om3273_6059728_001.tif
Image Height
1146
Image Width
1581
File Size
513.023 KB
Date created
2009-01-09
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