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CA 420 SANBORN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

CA 420 SANBORN AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
CA 420 SANBORN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Ashland Iron and Steel Company Blast Furnace Base
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:223059
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):CA 420 SANBORN AVE
County:Ashland
City:Ashland
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1886
Additions:
Survey Date:2012
Historic Use:lime kiln
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:Brick
Wall Material:Concrete
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:2022
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:This is the base of the smoke stack for the blast furnace of Ashland Iron and Steel. The Ashland Iron & Steel Company was established in 1886 and commenced work on the world’s largest charcoal-iron blast furnace later that year. The City of Ashland donated fourteen blocks to the company so it could utilize the area’s vast deposit of iron ore and timber to produce steel and iron. Initially, the company obtained charcoal from area suppliers, but by 1901 had constructed sixty charcoal kilns on the plant site. The number of kilns had increased to eighty-four by 1909, by which time the name of the firm had changed to the Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Company. It became the Charcoal Iron Company of America by 1923 and ceased production in the early-to-mid 1930s due to exhaustion of the area’s hardwood forest. The plant was demolished sometime between 1939 and 1946.

Surveyed by Heritage Research (2012).

2017: Not resurveyed; private property with no permission to access.
Bibliographic References:Sanborn Maps. Aerial Photos.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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