Ontonagon Fiber Company, Ontonagon, MI

Ontonagon Lumber Company locomotive The Ontonagon Fiber Company was operated in the 1920's. It may have been affiliated with the Ontonagon Lumber Company.

Image info: This steam locomotive, No. 3, was originally owned by the Ontonagon Fiber Company. After the company closed, No. 3 worked at the Ontonagon Lumber Mill. It was photographed in the 1930's. [Tom Sullivan collection]

In the photo above, Tom Sullivan notes that his grandfather, Joseph Chopp is standing on the step of the locomotive in front of the tender and that he worked as the engineer. He later worked as a hoist engineer in Painesdale, and later in the Butte, Montana copper mines.


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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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