Building the Copper Range Railroad

It was nearly twenty years after the beginning of the first mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula that investors in the Copper Range Company created a subsidiary, the Copper Range Railroad Company, to compete for the industrial riches from the region.  On April, Electronic reproduction of photograph.  The railroads of Houghton county, Michigan
Abstract/Description: It was nearly twenty years after the beginning of the first mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula that investors in the Copper Range Company created a subsidiary, the Copper Range Railroad Company, to compete for the industrial riches from the region. On April
Subject(s): Transportation
Railroads
Houghton (Mich.)
Date Created: 1900 (approximate)