MANITOWOC

Manitowoc, Manitowoc County. August 17, 1976. Altitude c. 7,000 ft. The northeastern part of Manitowoc is seen to the northwest from over Lake Michigan.  In view at center is the city's harbor and adjacent port facilities. A car ferry is at dockside within the breakwater, presumably ready to discharge its load of motor vehicles, railroad cars, and passengers which originated in Michigan (probably Ludington). A prominent meander of the Manitowoc River, its banks lined with heavy industry, is at upper left. A portion of the city's central business district is seen at lower left. One of Manitowoc's ‘claims to fame' is the recovery of part of a Russian Sputnik which fell from space onto one of its streets in the late 1950s.