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Forge: Carp River Forge, Negaunee, MI
Began → Carp River Forge → Became
From: 1847
Owned by: Jackson Iron Company
Produced: Iron Ore
Method: Forge
Railroad connection: DSS&A
Until: 1856
Lifetime Production:
Notes
The Carp River Forge was erected by the Jackson Iron Company in 1847 and first produced pig iron in 1848. The forge was closed in 1856. This was a station on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railway. [MPN]
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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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