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Rochester Hills

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Bloomer Ski Jump:

K-Point:	35 m
Hill record:	38.4 m (126 ft) (1938)

Year of construction:	1926
Conversions:	1938
Further jumps:	no
Status:	destroyed
Plastic matting:	no
Ski club:	Detroit Ski Club, Red Wing S.C.

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History:

At Rochester Hills, a wealthy suburb in northern Detroit, the brothers Hall constructed a ski jumping hill made of wood and steel which was inaugurated on 1926-02-01. At the opening competition Anders Haugen won during difficult conditions with a jump of 85 feet. On the 40,000 US$ expensive ski jump many competitions, even with international participants, were organized in 1920’s. On August 10, 1934 the facility was destroyed by a heavy windstorm. Four years later a new ski jumping hill was set up at the same place by Detroit Ski Club, but this one was also fell victim of a storm in 1940’s.

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Map:

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Comments:

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2) Oliver Weeger wrote on 2011-05-23 at 21:16:

Location

The current tip is only showing Rochester Hills, not the exact location of the former jump.
Please contact me via email if you have further details and the exact location.

1) Keith wrote on 2011-05-23 at 17:03:

Location is off

I have done some research into this and the location shown on the map is off.

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