Ripley Volunteer Fire Department
Ripley Volunteer Fire Department is a fire station in Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan. Ripley Volunteer Fire Department is situated nearby to the ruins Quincy Smelter, as well as near the town Houghton.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Quincy Smelter and Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw.
Quincy Smelter
Ruins
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The Quincy Smelter, also known as the Quincy Smelting Works, is a former copper smelter located on the north side of the Keweenaw Waterway in Ripley, Michigan. Quincy Smelter is situated 2,000 feet west of Ripley Volunteer Fire Department.
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Museum
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The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw in Houghton, Michigan, is a non-collecting museum that houses changing exhibits about local cultural and natural history. Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Ripley Volunteer Fire Department.
Portage Lake District Library
Library
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Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships. The Portage Lake District Library participates in the Michigan eLibrary and is a member of the Superiorland Library Cooperative. Portage Lake District Library is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Ripley Volunteer Fire Department.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ripley and Houghton.
Ripley
Hamlet
Ripley is a small, unincorporated community in Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of Hancock on M-26 and across the Portage Lake Canal from Houghton.
Houghton
Town
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.
Houghton-Hancock
Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University.Ripley Volunteer Fire Department
- Type: Fire station
- Address: MI
- Location: Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.12743° or 47° 7′ 39″ northLongitude
-88.55632° or 88° 33′ 23″ westElevation
646 feet (197 metres)Open location code
86VH4CGV+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 367813198OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fire_stationGeoNames ID
7132070
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