Furnace: Carp River Furnace, Negaunee, MI


Opened → Carp River Furnace → Closed


Operated: Off and on for 33 years.

From: 1874

Owned by: 

Produced: Pig Iron.

Method: Charcoal blast furnace.

Railroad connection: MH&O connection.

Until: Off and on until 1907

Lifetime Production: 


Notes

The Carp River Furnace was located at the mouth of the Carp River at Lake Superior. This was about 1.3 miles south of downtown Marquette. The MH&O built a 2.08 mile spur to this facility from Marquette for inbound ore shipments. 


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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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