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"A Random Photograph Collage"
Table Rock perches along Kelleys Island's north east shore. The top layer of the Columbus Limestone on Kelleys Island splits into layers one to three inches thick and contains layers of brachiopod fossils.
Emeline Kelley Huntington, right, and her grand daughter Phanie Huntington, stand on some of the glacial grooves on Kelleys Island. Emeline was born in 1819, the oldest daughter of Datus and Sarah Kelley. She married George Huntington in 1837.
Charles Carpenter, son-in-law of Datus Kelley and formerly of Norwich, Connecticut, began the first commercial vineyard on Kelleys Island in 1846. He bought the 123-acre farm of Horace Kelley on the southwest corner of the island. The successful cultivation of grapes brought more settlers to the island. Most vineyards were owned by individual families, who earned tidy profits from their operations.
The West Side Dock was an elevated pier with railway tracks running along its top to facilitate the loading of limestone into lake carriers and barges. The dock was one of four built on Kelleys Island by the Kelleys Island Lime & and Transport Company. The company's island quarrying operation comprised more than 1,000 acres. Now a LaFarge conveyor system located near West Bay Inn
Still in business , the Casino on Kelleys Island was built by Charles Himmelein in 1910. The building has been altered over the years, but the roof line and eyebrow windows have not been changed.
This winery was built in 1878 to replace a previous structure which burned down in a fire in 1876. It remained open until the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1919, banning the production of alcohol in the United States. Another fire destroyed the building after it had closed leaving only the weathered stone walls behind.
The Kelleys Island Wine Company was destroyed by a fire and never re-built. The ruins are still remaining,however are located on private property and are not open to the public.
Pictured left to right are Irma Dodge; Olga Shardt; general superintendent Hugh Brennan; office manager Susan Norwalk; delivery boy/store clerk John Foley; and store manager William Duignan. At the turn of the century more than half of the occupations on Kelleys Island were directly associated with limestone production.
Charles and John Himmelein were the sons of Johann Himmelein, who settled on Kelleys Island in 1848. Charles built the Casino, which still stands at the foot of Division Street. (March 2005). John was a theatrical booking agent, who, on occasion, brought performers to Kelleys Island.