Redridge Dam Records, Circa 1951-Circa 1979.

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Redridge Dam Records, Circa 1951-Circa 1979.

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Records, circa 1951-circa 1979, concerning the disposition of the Redridge dam and emergency repair efforts. Includes correspondence, documents from both the Copper Range Company and Stanton Township and photographs.

0.18 cubic feet; 1/2 manuscript box (letter size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8087817

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Stanton Township (Houghton County, Mich. : Township)

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Copper Range Company

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In 1894, the Atlantic Mining Company built a timber crib dam across the Salmon Trout River in Redridge, Houghton County, Michigan. The dam created a reservoir which supplied water to the Atlantic stamp mill which extracted copper from ore-bearing rock. With the growth of the Atlantic stamp mill and the construction of the Baltic Mining Company mill nearby, this reservoir proved to be insufficient, and in 1901 a steel gravity dam was built, submerging the wooden dam. In 1979 the Copper Range Comp...

Michigan. Dept. of Environmental Quality

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