William K. Clute Collection
UA.10.3.316

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Clute, William K., (William Kent), 1865-
Title
William K. Clute collection
ID
UA.10.3.316
Date
circa 1909-1919
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet 2 boxes
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

William Kent Clute graduated from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1896 with a B.S. degree in Agriculture. He went on to become an attorney in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Scope and Contents note

The William K. Clute collection consists of a lecture on the history of Sault St. Marie and Soo Locks. The collection includes the text of lecture, glass lantern slides, and list of titles of the slides. Images include steamships in the locks, the locks, construction of the locks, panoramic views of the Michigan and Canadian sides, aftermath of an accident in the Canadian locks in 1909. Other images include the Japanese Torii gate and lanterns, Carnegie library, Old Fort Brady Park, and the monument in Canal Park.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections February 2014

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

  • Saint Marys River (Mich. and Ont.)
  • Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)
  • Sault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.)
  • Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

Subject(s)

  • Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
  • Steamboats

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Collection Inventory

Sault Saint Marie Locks lecture 
Drawer Folder

Lecture text and index to slides 

 F.D. 1

Lantern Slides 
Box Folder

#1 Louis XV 

 5010 1

#2 W.H. Taft 

 5010 2

#3 River Map 
Box Folder

#4 Sault St. Marie and Vicinity map 

 5010 4

#5 Engineer Sketch of the Sault St. Marie locks 

 5010 5

#6 Northwest Fur Company Lock 

 5010 6

#7 American Locks from Northwest corner 

 5010 7

#8 Ship "Northwest" leaving Poe lock 

 5010 8

#9 Water Street, Sault St. Marie, Michigan 

 5010 9

#10 Sault St. Marie, Canada 

 5010 10

#11 Sault St. Marie, Michigan Fort Brady Block House 

 5010 11

#12 State Locks, Sault St. Marie, Michigan 

 5010 12

#13 Steamer "Illinois" 

 5010 13

#14 State Locks with Steamer "Illinois" 

 5010 14

#15 Fleet of Thirteen in Poe lock 

 5010 15

#16 Andrew Blanck 

 5010 16

#17 Construction of Poe Lock 

 5010 17

#18 General Godfrey Weitzel 

 5010 18

#19 "Castalia" Stuck in Weitzel Lock 

 5010 19

#20 General Orlando Poe 

 5010 20

#21 Poe Lock, Steamer "Poe" leaving 

 5010 21

#22 Steamer "Hecker" Stuck in Poe Lock 

 5010 22

#23 Model of American Locks 

 5010 23

#24 Upper Gates of Poe Locks, filling 

 5010 24

#25 Construction of Poe Locks, Floor, Poe Lock 

 5010 25

#26 Steamer "Davock" Leaving Weitzel Lock 

 5010 26

#27 Shooting the Rapids 

 5010 27

#28 Whale back" boats 

 5010 28

#29 Steamer "Juniata" Weitzel Lock High Level 

 5010 29

#30 Steamer "Juniata" Weitzel Lock Low Level 

 5010 30

#31 Steamer "Juniata" Leaving Weitzel Lock 

 5010 31

#32 Both American Locks and offices 

 5010 32

#33 Steamer "Duluth" in Weitzel Lock 

 5010 33

#34 Steamer "Northwest" leaving Poe Locks 

 5010 34

#35 Poe Lock empty 

 5010 35

#36 Steamer "Le Grand S. De Graff" 

 5010 36

#37 Steamer "Shenango" 

 5010 37

#38 "Clermont" 

 5010 38

#40 Jam at the Narrows 

 5010 39

#41 Panoramic View Sault St. Marie Locks, Michigan 

 5010 40

#42 Panoramic View Sault St. Marie Locks, Michigan Rapids and Fleet 

 5010 41

#43 Fleet in Canadian Locks, High Level 

 5010 42

#44 Fleet Leaving Canadian Locks 

 5010 43

#45 Steamers "Elwood" and "Widner" in ice blockade 

 5010 44

#46 Ice Blockage "Algomah" in the Lead 

 5010 45

#47 American Locks Empty in Winter 

 5010 46

#48 Ice Blockage, Fleet at Pier 

 5010 47

#49 Steamers "Lake Shore" and "City of Naples" in Ice Blockade 

 5010 48

#50 Steamer "German" Ice Covered 

 5010 49

#51 Fleet at Pier after Blockades 1899 

 5010 50

#52 West Neebish Rock Cut 

 5010 51

#53 High Tide 

 5010 52

#54 American Locks Empty, Winter 1910 

 5010 53

#55 Excavations for Widening Canal 1909 

 5010 54

#56 Explosive Charge Going UP 

 5010 55

#57 Charge Coming Down 

 5010 56

#58 International Bridge 

 5010 57

#59 Francis Clergue's Block House 

 5010 58

#60 Francis H. Clergue 

 5010 59

#61 Panoramic View of Sault St. Marie, Canadia 

 5010 60

#62 Bessemer Steel Works 

 5010 61

#63 Head Gates, Michigan Lake Superior Power Company 

 5010 62

#64 Michigan Lake Superior Power Company Canal, Half Way Down 

 5010 63

#65 American Canal, Michigan Lake Superior Power Company Power House 

 5010 64

#66 Chandler- Dunbar Power House 

 5010 65

#67 Diagram Canadian Lock Disaster 

 5010 66

#68 Canadian Lock After Disaster, Looking East 1909 

 5010 67

#69 Canadian Lock After Disaster, Looking West 1909 

 5010 68

#70 Canadian Lock After Disaster, Lower Gates, Looking West 1909 

 5011 1

#71 Canadian Lock After Disaster, Looking West and Movable Dam 1909 

 5011 2

#72 Movable Dam in Action 

 5011 3

#73 Japanese Torii 

 5011 4

#74 Japanese Lanterns 

 5011 5

#75 The "Lions" at the Carnegie Library 

 5011 6

#76 Capitoline Wolf 

 5011 7

#77 Chase Osborn 

 5011 8

#78 Chippewa Chiefs and Headmen - Louise Cadotte, John Busha, John Gurno, Charles Kobogum, Ed O'Shaw Wa No 

 5011 9

#79 Peter White 

 5011 10

#80 Old Fort Brady Park 

 5011 11

#81 Monument in Canal Park 

 5011 12

#82 Movable Dam South Span, St. Mary's River, Michigan 1911 

 5011 13

#83 St. Mary's River Michigan Lock Construction, 3rd Lock Masonry 1912 

 5011 14

#84 St. Mary's River Michigan Lock Construction, 3rd Lock Masonry August 1913 

 5011 15

#85 St. Mary's River Michigan Lock Construction November 1913 

 5011 16

#86 St. Mary's River, Michigan Lock Construction, Lock and Canal October 1913 

 5011 17

#87 Fourth Lock, Empty September 1919 

 5011 18

#88 Fourth Lock, Filling Chamber September 191 

 5011 19

#89 St. Mary's River, Compensating Works at Head of Rapids, and International Bridge January 1919 

 5011 20