Atlantic Mill

{{Short description|Building in Redridge, Michigan}} {{About|the defunct copper mill in Michigan|the internationally renowned art gallery in the Baltic Mill building in Gateshead, Tyneside|Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art}} {{for|the mill building in Olneyville, Rhode Island|Atlantic Mills}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} The '''Atlantic Mill''' was a copper stamping mill located on the east side of Redridge, Michigan near the Redridge Steel Dam. It was constructed in 1892 and closed in 1912. It was connected to the Atlantic mine via a 9 mile long Atlantic and Lake Superior Railroard.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=History of the Finns in Michigan|author=Holmio, A.K.E.|date=2001|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=9780814329740|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcJVNoE3BuUC|page=111|accessdate=2015-05-14}}</ref> The previous path of the railroad is now a scenic tree-covered road.<ref name="stantontownship.com">{{cite journal|url=http://www.stantontownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2.-Atlantic-Stamp-Mill-document.pdf |title=Atlantic Stamp Mill Operation |accessdate=2011-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716130727/http://www.stantontownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2.-Atlantic-Stamp-Mill-document.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-16 |date=August 1963 |volume=3 |number=8 |journal=Copper Range Newsletter}}</ref> It is thought that currents have moved the stamp sand produced by this mill to the current site of the North Canal Township Park.<ref name="coppercountryexplorer">{{cite web|url=http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/08/keweenaw-sands-p1/|title=Keweenaw Sands (p1) | Copper Country Explorer|publisher=coppercountryexplorer.com|accessdate=2015-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080933/http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/08/keweenaw-sands-p1/|archive-date=2015-05-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Old Atlantic mill== Prior to operating a mill in Redridge, the Atlantic Mining Company also operated a mill near Cole's Creek on Portage Lake. The mill moved because the federal government told the company their tailing must not fill the shipping channel.<ref name="stantontownship.com"/> The old mill was located at approximately {{coord|47.1223|-88.610|display=inline}}

==Baltic mill==

By 1904, the Atlantic Mill had substantially lower yields than the nearby Baltic mill.<ref name="stantontownship.com"/>

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Category:Metallurgical facilities in Michigan Category:Buildings and structures in Houghton County, Michigan