Power Houses
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C&H Power House
Lake Linden – Producing some 8000 KW’s of power, this electric generating plant provided electricity to not only C&H’s massive mill complex, but also the mine itself some six miles away.
Houghton Power House
Houghton – This large sandstone building once housed electric generators for the Peninsular Electric Light and Power Company, the Copper Country’s earliest electric utility company.
Lake Linden Power House
Lake Linden – One of two independent power stations built by the region’s premier private utility company – Peninsula Electric Light and Power Company – this old turbine building once provided power to both Lake Linden and neighboring Laurium and Calumet.