History And Review of Copper, Iron, Silver, Slate And Other Material Interests of the South Shore of Lake Superior
History And Review of Copper, Iron, Silver, Slate And Other Material Interests of the South Shore of Lake Superior
Alfred P. Swineford
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The power was supplied by the Carp, across which a dam eighteen lef?t high was touBfpui^hfd, ThL-re were night iin^s, from each of wliJch a lump was taken every sis hours, placed under the hammer, aod forged into blooiTiafour inches square and two feet long — the daily product being a,hout three tans. Tt required two r*L£-horsL' ii?ajua to draw this pruduct Lo the mouth of the Carp, over tex» miles of the moat horrible road imaginable. Soon after etiirting up, a freahet carried away the dam, an...d the forge remjiined idle until some time in tlia suiumer of 184S, when Mr, Everett came np aa the agent of the compaoy, had the diini repaired, and resumed the maaufacture of blooms, The :firBt blooms made at this forge — the first iron made oH Lake Superior, arid the first from hulks Superior ores, (cxir-pt the small bar made by Mr. OldsJ was sold to the late E- B- Ward, and from it wa3 made the wallda^-beam of tho si^ie- wheel steamer '* Oeean.''' This forge waK kept in operation till 185i, when it wils fintdly jihamloned, having proved any- thing but a profitable investment for the owners, or intleed any of the leasees by whom it was carried on tho last four years of its esisfceuce.
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