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A lumbering operation was added to the quarry, but burned down in 1910. The village of Fiborn Quarry existed between 1905 and 1936, when the quarry closed. Remnants include a number of foundations. Historical records of the village and quarry operations, and early descriptions of the caves, have been partially collected by the MKC in its ongoing Fiborn History Project. In a remote area of the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan lies and abandoned time capsule of limestone mining history. The abandoned Fiborn Quarry. We explore the quarry, its remaining buildings and some of its history.

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US / Michigan Listed By: Michigan Film Office Location ID: #014-10006434 Ghost town near St. Ignace, in the U.P. Formerly a Fiborn Quarry/Caffey-Rexton . Fiborn Quarry was created by a partnership of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad in 1904, for limestone. The unusually pure limestone found in what is now the Fiborn Karst Preserve led to development of Fiborn Quarry, which operated from early 1905 until January 1936. Mar 12, 2015 - Tucked away in the woods near Trout Lake Township in Mackinac County are the remains of what was once a thriving limestone quarry and town.

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Fiborn Quarry Road is a narrow gravel road with standing water filling the ditches on both sides of the road. After about a half mile, we begin to see the road is becoming dotted with large pot holes filled with water. An ORV ride from St. Ignace to Split Rock, Cut River Bridge, Fiborn Quarry, and Rock Rapids.

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by Mark Whitney. 0 Ratings Fiborn Quarry Michigan Karst Conservancy . This is a part of Overnight Photo Trip October 2010. Done. 770 views.

770 views. 5 faves. 10 comments. Taken on October 9, 2010 The Abandoned Fiborn Quarry in the Upper Peninsula Posted on September 12, 2020 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Forgotten Places , upper peninsula . Hidden in the woods in the central-eastern Upper Peninsula not far from Trout Lake are the remnants of the old Fiborn Quarry.
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View Entire Discussion (0 Comments). More The unusually pure limestone found in what is now the Fiborn Karst Preserve led to development of Fiborn Quarry, which operated from early 1905 until January World-Class Limestone Quarry | Texas Crushed Stone Co. call us for your crushed Fiborn Quarry history, Michigan Karst Conservancy. Quarry workers on a Fiborn Quarry and Ghost Town. Upper Peninsula. Travis Smola.

The quarry mined, crushed and shipped limestone for use mostly in steelmaking, but also calcium carbide manufacturing and road building.
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Historical records of the village and quarry operations, and early descriptions of the caves, have been partially collected by the MKC in its ongoing Fiborn History Project. Fiborn Quarry sits at the heart of an area of subtle but unusual character.

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Fiborn Quarry sits at the heart of an area of subtle but unusual character. A narrow band of nearly pure limestone, within a larger mass of less pure rock of the Niagara Escarpment, outcrops here. Situated between wetland areas to the south and the Hendrie River to the north is a place where time, mankind, and nature have left a unique imprint. In a remote area of the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan lies and abandoned time capsule of limestone mining history. The abandoned Fiborn Quarry.

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It operated until the 1930s when the depression crippled the company’s ability to operate. Fiborn Karst Preserve Remnants of Fiborn Quarry include the powerhouse, left, foundation of the building in which crushed limestone was sorted and loaded into railroad cars, center, and the building where locomotives were stored and maintained. Limestone bluffs along the north wall of the old quarry.

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal Degrees): 46.203333333333 , -85.176944444444. … Fiborn Quarry history. The unusually pure limestone found in what is now the Fiborn Karst Preserve led to development of Fiborn Quarry, which operated from early 1905 until January 1936. The quarry mined, crushed and shipped limestone for use mostly in steelmaking, but also calcium carbide manufacturing and road building. 2019-08-14 Corey Adkins went north of the bridge and shows you the Fiborn Quarry.https://www.9and10news.com/2019/08/14/northern-michigan-in-focus-fiborn-quarry/ Fiborn Quarry boomed up through World War I but after that it began to struggle, mainly because Algoma opened more-accessible quarries in Rogers City, and Fiborn closed down by 1936.