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in 1890. The Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad became the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1891. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad discontinued train service to Katahdin Iron Works in 1922; but Katahdin Iron Works postmistress Sara Green operated a flanged-wheel automobile over the abandoned tracks
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until the rails were removed in 1933. The state has restored the blast furnace and one of the beehive charcoal kilns; these and some of the foundations for other buildings are all that remain of the mill and village.
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The railway began operating in 1882, but a hurricane fanned sparks from the kilns into a fire which caused major damage to the plant. By 1885 a rebuilt plant was selling high quality iron for railroad car wheels and
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which operated from 1845 to 1890. In addition to the kilns of the ironworks (of which only one survives), the community was served by a railroad and had a 100-room hotel. The site was listed on the
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as "very fine paint." About 1820 he found Ore Mountain of orange, yellow, and red iron oxide pigments used for Abnaki paints. It was identified as a
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Historic view of the iron works. Annotations are as follows: ore kiln (1), top houses (2), furnace (3), casting shed (4) and storage barn (5).
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businessmen formed the Piscataquis Iron Works Company to take over the operation in 1876. They refurbished the boarding house as the
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deposit of iron sulfide ore. Assuming the depth matches the known surface area, this deposit would be among the world's largest
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where the West Branch of the Pleasant River flows out of Silver Lake. The town included the American Lumber Company
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acquired a 37,000-acre (15,000 ha) property upriver from Gulf Hagas that it named Katahdin Iron Works.
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deposits. However, the rural location and poor quality of the ore continues to make it uneconomic to mine.
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for the tourist trade; and hired a Swedish mining engineer in 1877 to improve the iron by reducing the
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market for wrought iron remained poor, and the iron works ceased operation from 1857 until the
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state historic site located in the unorganized township of the same name. It is the site of an
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Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). Doris A. Isaacson (ed.).
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine
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The gossan became the primary source of mined ore in 1845. The ore was
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Gulf Hagas is a two and a half miles (4.0 km) long water-formed
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National Register of Historic Places in Piscataquis County, Maine
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was built in 1881 to connect the town with what would become the
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Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Historical and Technical Society
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purchased new; became Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad #7; then
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The Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railroad was leased to the
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increased iron demand in 1863. When Pingree died, a group of
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with water-powered blowers. They also built eighteen stone
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Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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Early European surveyor Moses Greenleaf translated the
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Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Katahdin Iron Works is located in Maine
Katahdin Iron Works is located in the United States
Brownville Junction, Maine
45°26′40″N 69°10′30″W / 45.44444°N 69.17500°W / 45.44444; -69.17500
69000011
Maine
ironworks
National Register of Historic Places
Gulf Hagas
West Branch
Pleasant River
National Natural Landmark
Eastern White Pine
The Nature Conservancy
Appalachian Mountain Club
Abnaki
Pleasant River
limonite
gossan
Brownville, Maine
company town
sawmill
blast furnace
beehive kilns
charcoal
tons
pig iron

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