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Identifier	AF01a065.jpg
Title	Iron Mountain's Ardis Furnace, an experimental furnace used to process low-grade iron ore
Subject	Furnaces
Description	Photograph of the Ardis Furnace, named after the daughter of the inventor, John Tyler Jones. This was an experimental furnace erected in 1908 to process low-grade iron ore. The 85-foot long steel tube was charged with ore and rotated by electric motors. I
Publisher	Dickinson County Library (Iron Mountain, Mich.)
Publisher2	Making of Modern Michigan
Contributors	Cummings, William John
Contributor2	Menominee Range Historical Museum
Date	ca. 1900
DateDigital	23-Dec-03
Type	Image/photograph
Format	image/jpeg ; 395 KB
FormatUse	image/jpg
Source	Electronic reproduction of: Photograph of Iron Mountain's Ardis Furnace, an experimental furnace used to process low-grade iron ore : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Language	eng
Relation Reference	Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Coverage	1880-1900
CoverageSpatial	Iron Mountain (Mich.)
Rights	Materials digitized for The Making of Modern Michigan are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational u

Iron Mountain's Ardis Furnace, an experimental furnace used to process low-grade iron ore

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