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    • Calumet - Frontenac Boiler House and Mineral Range Tracks

    • Calumet - Frontenac Boiler House and Mineral Range Tracks

    • Black and white photograph of the Hecla location of Calumet & Hecla Mining in Calumet, Michigan. The photograph shows the Frontenac boiler house on the far left, the spire of Sacred Heart Church in Calumet just to the right, and other mining...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); Sacred Heart Church (Calumet, Mich.); mining buildings; mining towns; Mineral Range Railroad; railroad tracks; shafthouses
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    • Marquette - Marquette - Loading iron ore at Cleveland Dock

    • Marquette - Marquette - Loading iron ore at Cleveland Dock

    • Black and white photograph from approximately 1863 of the Marquette, Michigan shoreline and harbor, with the Cleveland Iron Mining Company ore docks on the right. The ore docks were used to load ships with iron ore directly from railroad cars,...

    • Marquette (Mich.); Marquette County (Mich.); Lake Superior; docks; ore docks; mining industry; shipping industry; lakes; shorelines; railroads; railroad cars; Cleveland Iron Mining Company
    • Main Streets
    • Marquette - Ore Docks on Superior

    • Marquette - Ore Docks on Superior

    • Black and white photograph of the Marquette, Michigan shoreline, with the Cleveland Iron Mining Company ore docks on the right. The ore docks were used to load ships with iron ore directly from railroad cars, making the process much more efficient....

    • Marquette (Mich.); Marquette County (Mich.); Lake Superior; docks; ore docks; Cleveland Iron Mining Company; mining industry; shipping industry; lakes; shorelines; railroads; railroad cars
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    • Central - Mining ruins

    • Central - Mining ruins

    • Black and white photograph from approximately 1962 of the ruins of a mining building in the ghost town of Central, Michigan. The Central Mining Company was organized in 1856 to mine a rich vein of copper along the bluffs. The town of Central grew...

    • Central (Mich.); Keweenaw County (Mich.); ghost towns; buildings; mining buildings
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Aerial view of Agassiz Park and Calumet

    • Calumet - Aerial view of Agassiz Park and Calumet

    • Black and white aerial photograph of Calumet, looking southwest. The traingle park is Agassiz Park, built by Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (C&H) for its workers, and named after the Alexander Agassiz, C&H president from 1871-1910. The park is borderd...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Agassiz Park (Calumet, Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); Fifth Street (Calumet, Mich.); Sixth Street (Calumet, Mich.); Seventh Street (Calumet, Mich.); Coliseum (Calumet, Mich.); mining buildings;
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    • Calumet - Aerial view of Calumet and Laurium

    • Calumet - Aerial view of Calumet and Laurium

    • Black and white aerial photograph, looking northeast, of Laurium (in the foreground right) and Calumet, Michigan. The administrative and mining buildings, including several shafthouses, of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. can be seen in the background.

    • Calumet (Mich.); Laurium (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); aerial views; Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Shafthouses along Mine Street

    • Calumet - Shafthouses along Mine Street

    • Black and white photograph of shafthouses belonging to Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. along Mine Street, in Calumet, Michigan.

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Mine Street (Calumet, Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses; landscapes; Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.);
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Calumet & Hecla Railroad

    • Calumet - Calumet & Hecla Railroad

    • Black and white photograph depicting Calumet & Hecla Mining Company railroad tracks, caboose and rock cars just east of Mine Street at Rockhouse Road. The building on the left is the C&H firehouse, now the Calumet Township firehouse, and the...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); railroad cars; railroad tracks; railroads; mining buildings;
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Boiler House and Shafthouse west of Mine Street

    • Calumet - Boiler House and Shafthouse west of Mine Street

    • Black and white photograph of the Frontenac boiler house and a shafthouse at the Hecla Location just west of Mine Street, part of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.'s copper mining operations in Calumet, Michigan. "Frontenac" refers to the type of hoisting...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses; buildings;
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Frontenac engine and boiler house and railroad office

    • Calumet - Frontenac engine and boiler house and railroad office

    • Black and white photograph of the Frontenac engine house and boiler house at the Hecla Location of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. in Calumet, Michigan. The photograph was taken west of Mine Street, looking east. The building on the left was the...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; railroads; railroad tracks; railroad buildings; buildings;
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - "An Early Snowfall"

    • Calumet - "An Early Snowfall"

    • Black and white photograph taken in 1912 from the upstairs window of 1144 Calumet Avenue in Calumet, Michigan, of the Frontenac engine house and shaft house on Mine Street, south of Agent Street. These buildings were part of the Calumet & Hecla...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses; winter scenes
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Calumet & Hecla Shafthouse

    • Calumet - Calumet & Hecla Shafthouse

    • Black and white photograph of a Calumet & Hecla shafthouse (used in copper mining) west of Mine Street in Calumet, Michigan.

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Shafthouse

    • Calumet - Shafthouse

    • Black and white photograph of Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. shafthouse, located west of Mine Street in Calumet, Michigan.

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; buildings; shafthouses
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Calumet Avenue at Rockhouse Road

    • Calumet - Calumet Avenue at Rockhouse Road

    • Black and white photograph of Calumet Avenue, looking northeast from just southwest of Rockhouse Road in Calumet, Michigan. Photograph taken from 1144 Calumet Avenue. The shafthouse seen above the rooftops on the right is the Number 15 shafthouse,...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Rockhouse Road (Calumet, Mich.); Calumet Avenue (Calumet, Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); shafthouses; mining buildings; residential neighborhoods; winter scenes; street scenes
    • Main Streets
    • Calumet - Frontenac Boiler House and shafthouses

    • Calumet - Frontenac Boiler House and shafthouses

    • Black and white photograph of the Frontenac boiler house and two shafthouses belonging to Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. in Calumet, Michigan. The Calumet & Hecla Mining Company was a copper mining giant in the area, with mining and administrative...

    • Calumet (Mich.); Houghton County (Mich.); Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. (Mich.); mining buildings; shafthouses; railroad tracks; buildings
    • Main Streets
    • Central - Ruins of mining building

    • Central - Ruins of mining building

    • Black and white photograph from 1962 of the ruins of a mining building in the ghost town of Central, Michigan. The Central Mining Company was organized in 1856 to mine a rich vein of copper along the bluffs. The town of Central grew up around the...

    • Central (Mich.); Keweenaw County (Mich.); ghost towns; buildings; mining buildings
    • Main Streets

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