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Furnace: Champion Furnace, Champion, MI
Began → Champion Furnace → Burned down
From: 1867
Operated for: 7 years.
Owned by: Morgan Iron.
Produced: Pig iron.
Method:
Railroad connection: M&O
Until: 1874
Lifetime Production:
Notes
Time Line
1867. December 4. Charcoal furnace goes into blast. [DSS]
1874. April 11. Fire destroys the Champion Furnace. It was not rebuilt. [DSS]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI