North Portage Cable Riser Station

North Portage Cable Riser Station is an electrical substation in City of Hancock, Houghton, Michigan. North Portage Cable Riser Station is situated nearby to Hancock Beach Park, as well as near the stadium McAfee field.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portage Lake Lift Bridge and Houghton County Courthouse.

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 1½ miles east of North Portage Cable Riser Station.

Houghton County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Houghton County Courthouse is a government building located at 401 E. Houghton Street in Houghton, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Houghton County Courthouse is situated 2 miles east of North Portage Cable Riser Station.

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 2 miles east of North Portage Cable Riser Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hancock and Houghton-Hancock.

Hancock

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.

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.

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. Franklin Mine is situated 2 miles northeast of North Portage Cable Riser Station.

North Portage Cable Riser Station

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: City of Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.12783° or 47° 7′ 40″ north

Longitude

-88.60995° or 88° 36′ 36″ west

Operator

American Transmission Company

Open location code

86VH49HR+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 984691046

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hancock Beach Park and McAfee field.

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