Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Site

	Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	A hillside in the district
Location	Devil's Backbone Park, Grand Tower, Illinois
Coordinates	37°38′06″N 89°20′13″W / 37.63500°N 89.33694°W
Area	23 acres (9.3 ha)
Built	1869
NRHP reference No.	79000839
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1979

The Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Site is a 23-acre (9.3 ha) industrial site located in Devil's Backbone Park in Grand Tower, Illinois. The site was operated by the Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company, a mining and industrial company which operated in Illinois in the 1860s and 1870s. The furnaces at the site were used to produce coke, a fuel produced from the coal used in iron smelting. The coke produced at the site was likely shipped to an iron furnace 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the site.^[2] The site also includes the remains of the superintendent's house; a local legend claims that the house is haunted by the superintendent's daughter.^[3]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1979.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Conrad, Cynthia E. (March 17, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: "The Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company" Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
^ "Visitor's Guide to the Devil's Backbone Park". Greatriverroad.com. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Conrad, Cynthia E. (March 17, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: "The Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company" Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

[3] "Visitor's Guide to the Devil's Backbone Park". Greatriverroad.com. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

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