Quincy Dredge Number Two | abandoned / shut down, copper mine, wreck

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The Quincy Dredge Number Two (previously known as the Calumet and Hecla Dredge Number One) is a dredge currently sunk in shallow water in Torch Lake, across M-26 from the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District and just east of Mason in Osceola Township. . It was constructed in 1914 to reclaim copper stamping sand from the lake for further processing, and was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1978.

Blog post history on the dredge
www.alexisdahl.com/blog/meet-the-toxic-sand-vacuum-the-...
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Coordinates:   47°8'40"N   88°27'34"W
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