Victoria Dam, West branch of Ontonagon River, 4.5 miles southwest of Rockland, Rockland, Ontonagon County, MI

Significance: The reinforced-concrete, multiple-arch buttressed dam was never a very common type in the United States, and it was particularly uncommon in the eastern half of the country. Very few dams of this type were built after 1930. Victoria Dam was the best, largest example of the multiple-arch dam in Michigan.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1552

Survey number: HAER MI-49

Building/structure dates: 1929-1931 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1991 Demolished

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