Penokee Iron Range Trail Montreal Location
Iron County Heritage Area
The huge native field stone building served as the companys machine shop. Here mining equipment could be repaired by an army of electricians, carpenters, and welders. The remnants of the hoist house, located south of the machine shop, housed engines that could raise a ten ton carload of ore every two minutes.
Life at Montreal Location wasnt all hard work. The Hamilton Club was built in 1918 as a recreational center by the Oglebay-Norton Mining Company for the Montreal Company miners and the families.
No expense was spared to appoint the Hamilton with the finest recreational facilities. With its hardwood stage, pool tables, two bowling alleys, a barber shop, and soda fountain the Hamilton was the center of community life. It burned down on the day of its 50th anniversary. All that remains of the once handsome structure is a red brick ruin.
The most imposing of all, the headframe of Montreal #5 Shaft towered almost 100 feet above these buildings and Montreal Location. The massive steel structure was located next to the chimney visible still behind the machine shop.
Unable to compete against cheaper sources of iron ore the Montreal Mine, the “grande dame” Penokee Iron Range, closed in 1962. Buildings and machinery were auctioned off. The great steel headframe that stood for Montreals iron mining prosperity was torn down for scrap.
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Location. 46° 25.708′ N, 90° 14.226′ W. Marker is in Montreal, Wisconsin, in Iron County. It is at the intersection of Montreal Street and Wisconsin Ave (Wisconsin Highway 77) when traveling south on Montreal Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montreal WI 54550, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Wisconsin’s Copper Country and on the North Shore. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Penokee Iron Range Trail A Company Town (here, next to this marker); George W. Sullivan (approx. 0.3 miles away); The City of Montreal (approx. 0.3 miles away);
Another marker is no longer nearby. Montreal Trails The Montreal Mine (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Additional keywords. Mining
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2011, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,031 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 2, 2011, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
