Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House
The Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House is an industrial building located north of Hancock, Michigan along US Highway 41 within the Quincy Mining Company Historic District.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “No 2 Shaft Hoist House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Portage Lake District Library.
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Bridge
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The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest. Portage Lake Lift Bridge is situated 1 mile south of Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House.
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 mile south of Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House.
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Museum
Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 mile south of Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin Mine and Hancock.
Franklin Mine
Hamlet
Franklin Mine is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. The area is on Quincy Hill, northeast of Hancock, and lying partially within Quincy Township and partially within Franklin Township.
Hancock
Town
Photo: Royalbroil, 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.Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House
Latitude
47.13579° or 47° 8′ 9″ northLongitude
-88.57309° or 88° 34′ 23″ westOpen location code
86VH4CPG+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 186238954OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7272159
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