World's Largest Limestone Mine
September 23, 2006
We slowly worked our way up route 23 along the coast of Lake Huron to Roger City. The streets of town brought us to a main street; a street of flags, and the town park. We like murals and saw one with ships so pulled close to get a picture. The name on one of the ships was Carl Bradley! Will walked in the Maritime Museum and found that Carl Bradley was an executive at the calcite mine and had a shipped named after him self in the early 1900s. The Calcite mine here at the edge of town is the largest limestone mine in the world. A ship was in being loaded so we drove past the gravel piles out to the viewing area. As we got there the ship was pulling out from the loading dock. A few others came to watch and we got to talking to them. One lady’s father, grandfather and great grandfather worked at the mines in one job or another. One man’s cousin captained a steamship that sailed the Great Lakes. They still enjoy coming to the view area to see the ships. It was like being in Pictou, Nova Scotia when a ship comes into port at the paper mill.
Back on route 23 we found a picnic park right on the lake. We pulled over and made some lunch, played some Boggle, and puttered. Will put some u-clamps on the back box to hold our flagpole; Kathy fixed a screen for the door. Kathy looked through magazines and Will watched the Penn State Football game on our TV. An eagle came to our little stretch of beach! What a magnificent bird!
We decided to spend the evening right here; it turned into a rainy afternoon, but the view sure was great!
We slowly worked our way up route 23 along the coast of Lake Huron to Roger City. The streets of town brought us to a main street; a street of flags, and the town park. We like murals and saw one with ships so pulled close to get a picture. The name on one of the ships was Carl Bradley! Will walked in the Maritime Museum and found that Carl Bradley was an executive at the calcite mine and had a shipped named after him self in the early 1900s. The Calcite mine here at the edge of town is the largest limestone mine in the world. A ship was in being loaded so we drove past the gravel piles out to the viewing area. As we got there the ship was pulling out from the loading dock. A few others came to watch and we got to talking to them. One lady’s father, grandfather and great grandfather worked at the mines in one job or another. One man’s cousin captained a steamship that sailed the Great Lakes. They still enjoy coming to the view area to see the ships. It was like being in Pictou, Nova Scotia when a ship comes into port at the paper mill.
Back on route 23 we found a picnic park right on the lake. We pulled over and made some lunch, played some Boggle, and puttered. Will put some u-clamps on the back box to hold our flagpole; Kathy fixed a screen for the door. Kathy looked through magazines and Will watched the Penn State Football game on our TV. An eagle came to our little stretch of beach! What a magnificent bird!We decided to spend the evening right here; it turned into a rainy afternoon, but the view sure was great!
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