Location: Iron Mountain, MI - Von Platen-Fox Company

The Von Platen - Fox Company had large lumber operations in Iron Mountain, MI. Their mill was located south of downtown in a location which is now the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Iron Mountain.

Image Info: An overhead view of the Von Platen facility around 1923. The track in the upper right of the image is the C&NW which goes northwest to their depot downtown and to Antoine. The track coming northwest at the bottom left is the Wisconsin & Michigan railroad.

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This facility began showing up in 1911 Sanborn maps and was present until about World War II. By 1949, the mill was replaced with the Veteran's Hospital. [SBM]

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