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Redridge And Its Steel Dam CLARENCE J. MONETTE

Redridge And Its Steel Dam

CLARENCE J. MONETTE

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Publication: Welden H Curtin, 1992, Lake Linden

First edition. 8vo. Pictorial stiff wrappers, 128 pp., illustrated, maps, sources, advertisements. The history of a town located in Houghton County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The name "Redridge" comes from the reddish hue to the region when the late afternoon sun shines on it. Major industries included stamping mills, copper mining, and lumbering. The famous steel dam replaced the original dam that was built in 1893 and was considered in its day to have been one of the greatest feats of hydraulic engineering ever undertaken. The dam was completed in 1901. This is a scarce titles and is in fine condition.

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