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.

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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

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