Comments on: The Power Plant http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/06/20/the-power-plant/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gordy Schmitt http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/06/20/the-power-plant/#comment-4413 Gordy Schmitt Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:58:54 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2432#comment-4413 If you want a closeup of the top of the Gay Smokestack, E Neil Harri has one in his Gallery at Pasty.com http://gallery.pasty.com/displayimage.php?album=1388&pos=237 If you click on the image when you use the above link, it will open in a much bigger version, almost get the feeling of falling down the stack. The steel stack at Ahmeek #3-4 was taken down in the summer of 2001 according to the Superior Woodworks website. Here's a link to his collection of Ahmeek #3-4 photos. http://www.pasty.com/~scrafts/id89.htm If you want a closeup of the top of the Gay Smokestack, E Neil Harri has one in his Gallery at Pasty.com

http://gallery.pasty.com/displayimage.php?album=1388&pos=237
If you click on the image when you use the above link, it will open in a much bigger version, almost get the feeling of falling down the stack.
The steel stack at Ahmeek #3-4 was taken down in the summer of 2001 according to the Superior Woodworks website. Here’s a link to his collection of Ahmeek #3-4 photos.
http://www.pasty.com/~scrafts/id89.htm

]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/06/20/the-power-plant/#comment-4410 explorer Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:18:05 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2432#comment-4410 The stacks that are still standing that I known of are: Mohawk Mill (Gay), Champion Mill (Freda), Baltic Mill (Redridge), Trimountain Mine, Atlas Powder (Senter), Superior Boiler House (Calumet), Two at Franklin Jr/Boston and Albany Mines, Quincy Mill (Mason), Five at Cliff, North American Mine, Quincy Smelter, Three at Quincy Mine, and Clark Mine. The ones they've demolished recently (at least in the last decade) has been the twin stacks at the C&H Smelter and I think the steel stack at Ahmeek No. 3/4. I think that's it. I would think that most stay standing so long because the only load they carry is their own weight, since snow doesn't stick on them like on buildings. They're also not supporting anything else like other structures would. I would think they'll last dozens of years still without any major problem. (maybe even another century?) The stacks that are still standing that I known of are: Mohawk Mill (Gay), Champion Mill (Freda), Baltic Mill (Redridge), Trimountain Mine, Atlas Powder (Senter), Superior Boiler House (Calumet), Two at Franklin Jr/Boston and Albany Mines, Quincy Mill (Mason), Five at Cliff, North American Mine, Quincy Smelter, Three at Quincy Mine, and Clark Mine.

The ones they’ve demolished recently (at least in the last decade) has been the twin stacks at the C&H Smelter and I think the steel stack at Ahmeek No. 3/4. I think that’s it.

I would think that most stay standing so long because the only load they carry is their own weight, since snow doesn’t stick on them like on buildings. They’re also not supporting anything else like other structures would. I would think they’ll last dozens of years still without any major problem. (maybe even another century?)

]]> By: Herb http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/06/20/the-power-plant/#comment-4406 Herb Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:02:35 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2432#comment-4406 Those tall concrete smokestacks are always interesting. I can think of one at Gay, a couple near Mass City, etc. I've always wondered why they left them standing when all the other stuff got torn down. Too difficult/costly to demolish? Still, you gotta wonder how long it will take before natural decay and age brings them down. Have any collapsed by themselves to date? They are certainly fine landmarks. I asume they are poured concrete heavily reinforced with steel or iron rods. Somewhere I read about somebody's father who helped build them and that they were built very well. Herb from Wis. Those tall concrete smokestacks are always interesting. I can think of one at Gay, a couple near Mass City, etc. I’ve always wondered why they left them standing when all the other stuff got torn down. Too difficult/costly to demolish? Still, you gotta wonder how long it will take before natural decay and age brings them down. Have any collapsed by themselves to date? They are certainly fine landmarks. I asume they are poured concrete heavily reinforced with steel or iron rods. Somewhere I read about somebody’s father who helped build them and that they were built very well.

Herb from Wis.

]]> By: Adam from Detroit http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/06/20/the-power-plant/#comment-4396 Adam from Detroit Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:37:29 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2432#comment-4396 yeah those trenches are for steam pipes. ive seen them in standing powerhouses and even the Detroit Train Station (though flooded). yeah those trenches are for steam pipes. ive seen them in standing powerhouses and even the Detroit Train Station (though flooded).

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