Slag Pile
Slag Pile is a landfill in Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan. Slag Pile is situated nearby to the ruins Quincy Smelter, as well as near the sports venue Dee Stadium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Quincy Smelter and Portage Lake District Library.
Quincy Smelter
Ruins
Photo: Wolpodzilla, Public domain.
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 390 feet south of Slag Pile.
Portage Lake District Library
Library
Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1,700 feet southwest of Slag Pile.
Dee Stadium
Sports venue
Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1,300 feet south of Slag Pile.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houghton and Ripley.
Houghton
Town
Photo: Cityofhoughton1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.Slag Pile
- Type: Landfill
- Location: Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.12639° or 47° 7′ 35″ northLongitude
-88.56388° or 88° 33′ 50″ westOpen location code
86VH4CGP+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1503611412OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=landfillOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=spoil_heap
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