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Furnace: Clarksburgh Furnace, Greenwood, MI
Began → Clarksburgh Furnace → Became
From: 1865. First shipped in 1867.
Owned by: M&O owners; Michigan Iron Company.
Produced: Pig Iron.
Method: Charcoal blast furnace.
Railroad connection: M&O to Marquette docks.
Until:
Lifetime Production:
The Clarksburgh Furnace was located in Clarksburg which was a town on the Escanaba River about 10 miles west of Ishpeming. It was first settled in 1862 by the Michigan Iron Company. It was also known as Clarksburg. [MPN]
Notes
Time Line
1865. Charles Donkersley built a sawmill here. Michigan Iron Co. took over this saw mill and made it one of the largest in the Upper Peninsula. [DSS]
1867. Ore came here from the Washington and Lake Superior mines. [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