
The copper mining landscape of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula is captured here in the late 1940s, centered on the industrial corridor along Portage Lake. Between the population centers of Houghton and Hancock, the terrain reveals a transition from dense urban development to the extraction-based settlements of Hurontown, Dodgeville, and Atlantic Mine. The influence of the mining industry is evident in the rail networks of the Copper Range and the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic, which served the local economy and the Isle Royale Mine.
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1915 · Houghton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Hancock
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1946 · Chassell
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1946 · South Range
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1946 · Laurium
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1948 · South Range
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1948 · Laurium
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1948 · Hancock
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Oskar
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Keweenaw Bay
USGS Topo · 1:62,500