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Michigan Celebrities
Famous people from Michigan
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Actors, Actresses, Musicians,Radio
Announcers
Bob Seger - Musician
Bob Ubanks - Game Show Host
Casey Kasem - Radio Announcer
Charlton Heston - Actor
Danny Thomas - Actor, Comedian
Della Reese - Singer
Diana Ross - Singer
Tom Selleck - Actor
Ed McMahon - Talk Show Co-Host
Ellen Burstyn - Actress
George Peppard - Actor
Gilda Radner - Actress, Comedian
Harry Blackstone - Magician
Harry Morgan - Actor
James Earl Jones - Actor
Jason Robards - Actor
Lee Majors - Actor
Marlo Thomas - Actress
Lily Tomlin - Actress, Comedian
Madonna Louise Ciccone - Singer
Steven Seagal - Actor
Pam Dawber - Actress
Robin Williams - Actor, Comedian
Smokey Robinson - Musician
Sonny Bono - Actor, Musician, Politician
Stevie Wonder - Musician
Ted Nugent - Musician
Tim Allen - Actor, Comedian
Alice Cooper - Musician
Sinbad - Actor, Comedian
Jeff Daniels - Actor
Sports Personalities
Ali Haji-Sheikh - Football
Earvin "Magic" Johnson - Basketball
George Gipp - Football
Gordie Howe - Hockey
Jim Abbott - Baseball
Joe Louis - Boxer
Karch Karaly - Beach Volleyball
Kirk Gibson - Baseball
Shirley Muldowney - Race Car Driver
Sugar Ray Robinson - Boxer
Thomas Hearns - Boxer
Tom Harmon - Baseball
Ty Cobb - Baseball
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Artists
Gwen Frostic
Mary Chase Perry - Potter
Cathy Guisewite
Historical Persons
Chief Pontiac
Chief Petoskey
General George A. Custer
Sojourner Truth
Scientists, Astronauts, Inventors
& Misc.
Ben Carson - Doctor
Charles Linbergh - Pilot
Harriet Quimby - Pilot
Roger B. Chaffee - Astronaut
Businessmen & Women
Daniel Gerber - Baby Food
Henry Ford - Automotive
John Harvey Kellogg - Cereal
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones - Lady Farmer
Walter P. Chrysler - Aoutomotive
Walter Reuther - Union Leader
William E. Upjohn - Pharmaceutical
William Keith Kellog - Cereal
Authors
Bruce Catton
Chris Van Allsburg
Christopher Paul Curtis
Edna Ferber
Gloria Whelan
K.A. Applegate
Patricia Polacco
Terry McMillan
Ring Lardner - Journalist
Political Persons
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac - Founder of Detroit
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg - U.S. Senator, Newspaperman
Gerald R. Ford - President
John N. Mitchell - Attorney General
Lewis Cass - Politician
Ralph Bunch
Rosa Parks
Ruth Thompson - Michigan's First Woman in Congress
Sonny Bono - Actor, Musician & Politician
Thomas E. Dewey - Politician
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Just a few tips on Michigan:
Mackinac is pronounced: Mackinaw
Anything or anywhere in the Upper Peninsula
is spelled Mackinac, Anything or anywhere
in the lower Peninsula is spelled Mackinaw.
I have no idea why, but I'm
sure there is a reason & I may find it out yet!
Pasties are famous in Northern Michigan.
They are a crust filled with meat,onion,
potato,carrot & rutabaga. People here
make them at home, I personally
take the easy way out & just put it
all in a pie shell. Some people eat them plain,
some with gravy & some with ketchup.
They are pronounced...past eee's
not paste eee's.
Mackinac Island, Mackinac City &
St.Ignace are all famous for their fudge,
it comes in lots & lots of flavors.
Almost all tourists know this & want to buy it,
that's where the term "fudgies" came from, I believe.
Sault Ste. Marie is pronounced
Soo Saint Marie.
St.Ignace is pronounced
Saint igg nus.
The bridge does not swing over to the Island &
we do not catch smoked fish, we catch fish &
then smoke them.
Epoufette is pronounced
Ee po fett
Brevort is pronounced
Bree vort
Gros Cap is pronounced
Grow Cap
Pte.Aux Chenes is pronounced
Point Ah Shane
Les Cheneaux is pronounced
Lay sha no
Bois Blanc Island is pronounced
Bob Lo Island
That one still bewilders me,
a lot of French here.
I hope I have not offended anyone,
I just thought this would be helpful.
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| Arch Rock on Mackinac Island |
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| Mac. Is. has a lot more than, fudge & horses to see. This is just one of the beautiful scenic places |
| Henry Ford Museum In Detroit. |
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| The Weinermobile just one of the unique vehicles there. |
| One of Michigan's Lighthouses |
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| The Cheboygan Crib in Cheboygan, Mi. |
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I just received this in an email, of course that person is
from Tennessee.
Michigan Temperature (F) Conversion
Chart
@ +70 degrees
Texans turn on the
heat and unpack the thermal underwear.
In Michigan, people go swimming in the lakes.
@ +60 degrees
North Carolinians
try to turn on the heat.
People in Michigan plant gardens.
@ +50 degrees
Californians shiver
uncontrollably.
People in Michigan sunbathe.
@ +40 degrees
Italian & English
cars won't start.
People in Michigan drive with the windows down.
@ +32 degrees
Distilled water freezes.
Lake Michigan water gets thicker.
@ +20 degrees
Floridians wear
coats, underwear, gloves, and woolly hats.
People in Michigan throw on a flannel shirt.
@ +15 degrees
Philadelphia landlords
finally turn up the heat.
People in Michigan have the last cookout before it gets cold.
@ +10 degrees
People in Miami all die.
People from Michigan lick a flagpole.
@ 0 degrees
Californians fly to
Mexico.
People in Michigan look for their winter coats.
@ -20 degrees
Hollywood
disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door to door.
@ -60 degrees
Polar bears begin
to evacuate the Arctic.
Michigan Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes...
until it gets cold enough.
@ -80 degrees
Mount St. Helen's
freezes.
People in Michigan rent some videos.
@ -100 degrees
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Michiganians get frustrated because they can't thaw a keg.
@ -297 degrees
Microbial
life no longer survives on dairy products.
Cows in Michigan complain about farmers with cold hands.
@ -460 degrees
ALL atomic motion
stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin scale).
People in Michigan start saying, "Cold 'nuff for ya?"
@ -500 degrees
Hell freezes over.
The
Lions win the Super Bowl!
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| Picture was taken in Hell, Mi., yes there's a town Hell, I can't imagine who they let name it or why |
And here are a couple links to prove it.
If anyone has objections to me having this information on the bridge on my site, contact
me at applelane17@yahoo.com &
I'll remove it, with apologies.
Mackinac Bridge Facts
| LENGTHS |
| Total Length of Bridge (5 Miles) |
26,372 Ft. |
| Total Length of Steel Superstructure |
19,243 Ft. |
| Length of Suspension Bridge (including Anchorages) |
8,614 Ft. |
| Total Length of North Approach |
7,129 Ft. |
| Length of Main Span (between Main Towers) |
3,800 Ft. | |
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| 8,038 Meters |
| 5,865 Meters |
| 2,626 Meters |
| 2,173 Meters |
| 1,158 Meters | |
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| HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS |
| Height of Main Towers above Water |
552 Ft. |
168.25 Meters |
| Maximum Depth to Rock at Midspan |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Maximum Depth of Water at Midspan |
295 Ft. |
90 Meters |
| Maximum Depth of Tower Piers below Water |
210 Ft. |
64 Meters |
| Height of Roadway above Water at Midspan |
199 Ft. |
61 Meters |
| Underclearance at Midspan for Ships |
155 Ft. |
47 Meters |
| Maximum Depth of Water at Piers |
142 Ft. |
43 Meters |
| Maximum Depth of Piers Sunk through Overburden |
105 Ft. |
32 Meters | |
| CABLES |
| Total Length of Wire in Main Cables |
42,000 Miles |
| Maximum Tension in Each Cable |
16,000 Tons |
| Number of Wires in Each Cable |
12,580 |
| Weight of Cables |
11,840 Tons |
| Diameter of Main Cables |
24 1/2 Inches |
| Diameter of Each Wire |
0.196 Inches | |
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| 67,592 km |
| 14,515,995 kg |
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| 10,741,067 kg |
| 62.23 cm |
| .498 cm | |
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| CONCRETE |
| Total Concrete in Bridge |
466,300 Cu. Yds. |
356,512 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in Substructure |
451,000 Cu. Yds. |
344,814 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in One Anchorage (No. 22) |
91,600 Cu. Yds. |
70,033 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in One Pier (No. 19) |
80,600 Cu. Yds. |
61,623 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in Superstructure |
15,300 Cu. Yds. |
11,698 Cu. Meters | |
| WEIGHTS |
| Total Weight of Bridge |
1,024,500 Tons |
| Total Weight of Concrete |
931,000 Tons |
| Total Weight of Substructure |
919,100 Tons |
| Total Weight of Two Anchorages |
360,380 Tons |
| Total Weight of Two Main Piers |
318,000 Tons |
| Total Weight of Superstructure |
104,400 Tons |
| Total Weight of Structural Steel |
71,300 Tons |
| Weight of Steel in Each Main Tower |
6,500 Tons |
| Total Weight of Cable Wire |
11,840 Tons |
| Total Weight of Concrete Roadway |
6,660 Tons |
| Total Weight of Reinforcing Steel |
3,700 Tons | |
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| 929,410,766 kg |
| 844,589 kg |
| 833,793,495 kg |
| 326,931,237 kg |
| 288,484,747 kg |
| 94,710,087 kg |
| 64,682,272 kg |
| 5,896,701 kg |
| 10,741,067 kg |
| 6,041,850 kg |
| 3,356,584 kg | |
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| RIVETS AND BOLTS |
| Total Number of Steel Rivets |
4,851,700 |
| Total Number of Steel Bolts |
1,016,600 | |
| DESIGN AND DETAIL DRAWINGS |
| Total Number of Engineering Drawings |
4,000 |
| Total Number of Blueprints |
85,000 | |
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| MEN EMPLOYED |
| Total, at the Bridge Site |
3,500 |
| At Quarries, Shops, Mills, etc. |
7,500 |
| Total Number of Engineers |
350 | |
| IMPORTANT DATES |
| Mackinac Bridge Authority Appointed |
June, 1950 |
| Board of Three Engineers Retained |
June, 1950 |
| Report of Board of Engineers |
January, 1951 |
| Financing and Construction Authorized by Legislature |
April 30, 1952 |
| D.B. Steinman Selected as Engineer |
January, 1953 |
| Preliminary Plans and Estimates Completed |
March, 1953 |
| Construction Contracts Negotiated |
March, 1953 |
| Bids Received for Sale of Bonds |
December 17, 1953 |
| Began Construction |
May 7, 1954 |
| Open to traffic |
November 1, 1957 |
| Formal dedication |
June 25-28, 1958 |
| 50 millionth crossing |
September 25, 1984 |
| 40th Anniversary Celebration |
November 1, 1997 |
| 100 millionth crossing |
June 25, 1998 |
The Bridge was opened the year I was born. My father Jack Erskine worked on building the bridge. Every
Labor Day They have a bridge walk, thousands walk it. Michigan's Govenor walks it every year & one year President George
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| Labor Day Bridge Walk |
"Michigan Links & Things"
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