Furnace: Clarksburgh Furnace, Greenwood, MI

Began → Clarksburgh Furnace → Became

From: 1865. First shipped in 1867.

Owned by: M&O owners; Michigan Iron Company.

Produced: Pig Iron.

Method: Charcoal blast furnace.

Railroad connection: M&O to Marquette docks.

Until: 

Lifetime Production: 

The Clarksburgh Furnace was located in Clarksburg which was a town on the Escanaba River about 10 miles west of Ishpeming. It was first settled in 1862 by the Michigan Iron Company. It was also known as Clarksburg. [MPN]

Time Line

1865. Charles Donkersley built a sawmill here. Michigan Iron Co. took over this saw mill and made it one of the largest in the Upper Peninsula. [DSS]

1867. Ore came here from the Washington and Lake Superior mines. [DSS]