Quincy Smelter

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.

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Type: Ruins
Description: copper smelter in Ripley, Michigan
Also known as: “Quincy Smelting Works”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dee Stadium and Portage Lake District Library.

Dee Stadium

Sports venue

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Dee Stadium, also called The Dee, is an ice hockey arena in Houghton, Michigan, that replaced, and is located on the same site as, the Amphidrome. It is regarded as the birthplace of professional hockey, and is the seventh oldest indoor ice rink in the world. Dee Stadium is situated 950 feet south of Quincy Smelter.

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 1,400 feet southwest of Quincy Smelter.

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 1,800 feet southwest of Quincy Smelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghton and Ripley.

Houghton

Town

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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

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-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.

Quincy Smelter

Categories: foundry and historic site
Location: Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.12532° or 47° 7′ 31″ north

Longitude

-88.56382° or 88° 33′ 50″ west

Open location code

86VH4CGP+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1804201103

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q7272185

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