Harrington Beach State Park

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Harrington Beach State Park

Lake Shore Stone Stonehaven

 

Harrington Beach State Park

Harrington Beach State Park is a 637-acre (258 ha) Wisconsin state park on the shore of Lake Michigan. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surrounding a 26-acre (11 ha) lake which used to be a stone quarry.

 

former stone quarry

In the 1880s, ownership of the property was in the hands of a dozen different landowners, and much of the land was tilled field or pasture. From the early 1890s until 1925,
the eastern section of the park was used for quarrying limestone, and a mining community called Stonehaven

 

Lake Michigan shore linene

 

he steamer "Niagara" disaster

 

its anchor

 

 

The ship Hennepin, was originally built in October 1888 and had a 1600 ton capacity. The ship was sold to the Lake Shore Stone Company, who fitted it with a conveyor belt and made it a self-unloading ship. It was put to work loading stone from a quarry in Stonehaven, Wisconsin. Sank on August 18, 1927 off the east coast of Lake Michigan, west of South Haven, Michigan.

 

a source of limestone

 

the little quarry

 

 

the Pot Kiln

 

developed into the Lake Shore Stone Company

 

Whittaker home foundations

 

the history trail

 

the lake

 

 

 

and the quarry

 

steep decent into the water

 

Canada Geese

 

guardian of the quarry

 

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Lake Shore Stone Stonehaven

Harrington Beach State Park Lake Fishing Light Station Luxembourg - American Maritime Festival St. Mary's St Mary's Parish St. Nicholas Stony Hill School Village of Belgium

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