page_title: Redridge Steel Dam
section_title: Geography and site information
hierarchical_section_title: Redridge Steel Dam / Geography and site information
caption_attribution_description: English: This image was found at the Library of Congress HAER archive entry with the original caption: "VIEW LOOKING AT UPSTREAM SIDE OF DAM. HAER MICH,31-BEHIL,1-1" It is a part of the Historic American Engineering Record collection of photos. Redridge Steel Dam, Houghton County, Mi, image taken by Jet Lowe, HAER photographer, in July 1978.
context_page_description: The Redridge Steel Dam is a steel dam across the Salmon Trout River in Redridge, Houghton County, Michigan. Completed in 1901, it is a flat slab buttress dam constructed of steel, a relatively rare material for construction of dams, which are typically made of earthenworks, concrete, or masonry. Most sources indicate it was one of only three such dams constructed in the United States, the other two being the Ashfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam and the Hauser Lake Dam, the last of which failed within a year of construction.
context_section_description: Redridge is in Houghton County, one of the more rugged counties in Michigan, and access to the dam site is relatively challenging, although there is a history of Michigan Technological University students making pilgrimages to the site, especially those interested in industrial archaeology.
caption: (upstream side) from HAER
exif: {"Image ExifOffset": "56", "Image XPAuthor": "Jet Lowe"}