View of Fourth Street in Chapin Location

Fourth Street, Chapin Location, North Side, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, October 19, 1912: Looking west from the intersection with Vulcan Street, this view of Fourth Street in Iron Mountain’s Chapin Location was taken October 19, 1912. In the 1913 Directory of the Cities of Iron Mountain and Norway and Dickinson County those residing on the left side of the street were listed as follows: 307 Fourth Street, Louis (Marie) Mochen, miner; 303 Fourth Street, Joseph (Teresa) Rampanelli, miner; 309 Norway Street (white, single-story house), William O. (Santa) Ferzacca, mine police; 308 Norway Street, William (Ida) Polkinghorn, blacksmith. The two-story house on the right at 308 Fourth Street was the residence of William H. (Maria) Bennetts, foreman of the mine carpenter shop. Note the unpaved street and board sidewalks. The mine visible in the background is the C Ludington Shaft of the Chapin Mine where the Cornish Pumping Engine is located. [Menominee Range Historical Museum]