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Location: Frankfort, MI - Frankfort Iron Works
This was a iron ore smelter in South Frankfort. Ore was shipped from Escanaba. The company produced pig iron for markets in Detroit and Buffalo.
Image info: Top, the Frankfort Iron Works in an early photo. [Benzie Area Historical Society]
Notes
The operation has 22 kilns to provide charcoal for fuel for the furnace. It produced 40 tons of pig iron a day.
Time Line
1870. The furnace began operation on July 4.
1883. The iron works ceased operation.
Information from the Benzie Area Historical Society and Museum.
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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