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Superior Boiler House

Winter scene of poor-rock and red sandstone building with a red brick smokestack in the foreground.
The Calumet & Hecla Superior Boiler House.

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Location:
Calumet, MI
Significance:
Contributing Structure to the Calumet National Historic Landmark District
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
MANAGED BY:
Private Property

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Beneath tall, billowing stacks, coal-fired boilers boiled water. Here, the mine produced steam to power a wide array of steam powered surface equipment. These included steam hoists, which raised copper from deep underground. The boiler house is a three-part structure. One is the red brick chimney. Next to it is a tall poor-rock building with a steep hipped-roof with a small brick chimney rising out of it. The third portion is a red and white Jacobsville sandstone building with a gabled roof.

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Last updated: May 20, 2021