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]


Time Line

 

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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