GLCC Pigeon Cove Shore

Pigeon Cove Shoreline

The most ambitious project that the Lawson’s undertook was the building of the sea wall along the shore of Pigeon Cove in front of their cottage. The Dredging firm of McKissac Company from Chicago engineered this feet of great magnitude, by building coffer dams and continually pumping the water out so workers could lay up the boulder wall.  It was reported that the cost of this was was $35,000.

“A Heritage History of Beautiful Green Lake Wisconsin” Robert & Emma Heiple Pages 216

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11014-Bay at Lone Tree Point, Green Lake, Wis. - Canceled 1917
11014-Bay at Lone Tree Point, Green Lake, Wis. - Canceled 1917
11226-Lone Tree Point, Green Lake, Wis. - Canceled 1912
11226-Lone Tree Point, Green Lake, Wis. - Canceled 1912
11232-View Near Lone Tree Point, Green Lake - Canceled 1913
11232-View Near Lone Tree Point, Green Lake - Canceled 1913
11367-Green Lake from Lawsonia
11367-Green Lake from Lawsonia
10333-Northern Baptist Assembly Formerly Lawsonia Hotel Green Lake, WI
10333-Northern Baptist Assembly Formerly Lawsonia Hotel Green Lake, WI
10469-Vespers Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WIS.
10469-Vespers Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WIS.
10796-Judson Tower in Distance, Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WIS.
10796-Judson Tower in Distance, Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WIS.
10735-American Baptist Assembly Green Lake, Wisconsin
10735-American Baptist Assembly Green Lake, Wisconsin

Ice harvesting on Pigeon Cove

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11083-Ice Harvest No. 1 - Ice Field, Saw and sawyer Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wis., -Postmarked 1951
11083-Ice Harvest No. 1 - Ice Field, Saw and sawyer Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wis., -Postmarked 1951
10956-Ice Harvest No. 3 -Pushing Ice Into Position to Load, Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake Wisc.
10956-Ice Harvest No. 3 -Pushing Ice Into Position to Load, Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake Wisc.
11028-Ice Harvest #5 - Unloading at Ice House Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WIS.
11028-Ice Harvest #5 - Unloading at Ice House Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WIS.
10955-Ice Harvest No. 6 - Inside Ice House Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake Wisc.
10955-Ice Harvest No. 6 - Inside Ice House Northern Baptist Assembly, Green Lake Wisc.
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