Furnace: Champion Furnace, Champion, MI

Began → Champion Furnace → Burned down

From: 1867

Operated for: 7 years.

Owned by: Morgan Iron.

Produced: Pig iron.

Method:

Railroad connection: M&O

Until: 1874

Lifetime Production:

1867. December 4. Charcoal furnace goes into blast. [DSS]

1874. April 11. Fire destroys the Champion Furnace. It was not rebuilt. [DSS]

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

[AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
[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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