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What the letters mean:

A - Warehouse

B - Blacksmith & Carpenter Shop

C - Storage

D - Coal Piles

E - Atlantic & Lake Superior R.R.

F - Old Loading House (Iron Clad, vacant)

G - 210' Concrete stack

H - Boiler house

I - Iron Coal Pocket

J - Scale House

K - Storage

L - Passageway (Iron Clad)

M - Stamp mill main building

N - Rock Bins (Plank Bins in steel frame.)

O - 150hp Dynamo

P - Steam Turbine & dynamo

Q - Transformer House

Description taken from Sanborn Map:
Operated night and day. Night watchman. Howard clock. 6 stations, hourly rounds. Heat: steam. Power: steam & electric. Fuel: coal. Lights: electric. L.E.P.. Hydrants & hose as shown connected to Gardner Duplex Pump size 8"x5"x10". I. Fairbanks Morse FP size 12"x6"x12". I. Cameron centrifugal F.R. Capacity 200 gallons per minute. Water supply from dam fed by Salmon Trout River. Hose cart with 800'x2 1/2" hose on location.


Note to reader
The text information cannot be guaranteed accurate at this time. The photocopy I have been working off of is not very good. My next visit to the Keeweenaw will include a visit to the MTU Archives where I will attempt to clarify things.

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