**Black River Dam, Cheboygan County, Michigan**
Black River Dam in Cheboygan County fills this postcard with timber cribbing, a riverside powerhouse and water pouring over a spillway. Several people stand on the dam’s platforms and along the rocky banks.
The University of Michigan’s matching archive record links the view to Alverno Dam, south of Cheboygan. The hydroelectric site dates to the early 1900s and used the river’s flow to generate electricity. Water leaving Black Lake passes through the Lower Black River toward the Cheboygan River and Lake Huron.
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