Mackinac Bridgemen Museum ~ Free Addmission
 Open: May 1st - October 30th, 8 AM to ?
Located one mile south of Mackinaw City on Old US-31.
Mackinac Bridgemen Museum
The museum includes a 30-minute movie that shows the foundation, piers, structural erection, tower erection, cable construction, final roadbed construction, final roadbed construction, and shows the Ironworkers actually setting iron. See the finest men in the world of different trades putting the Mackinac Bridge together (these men are a different breed of cat), and see how the bridge was finalized. The second part is a narrated slide show including interviews with J.C. Stilwell, Iron Worker and Owner of the Mackinaw Bridge Museum. Total viewing time is approximately one hour.
Ironworkers....."a different breed of cat"
Film viewing is at the Mackinaw Bridgemen Museum, located ion Old US-31 - one mile south of Mackinaw City, Michigan. The museum contains original tools, diving suits, spinning wheels, etc., that helped to build the Mackinac Bridge.
This collection is the only one of its kind in the world!
OPEN to the public FREE OF CHARGE
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