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Quincy and Torch Lake

The Quincy and Torch Lake was a 3 foot gauge railroad that hauled copper ore from the mine on top of the hill in Hancock, Mich. to a mill in Lake Linden. It was abandoned on Aug. 31, 1945 (or so I've been told, if I remember correctly), and for many years everything just laid there rotting away in the weeds. There was even a brand new boiler on a flat car just left to decay. By the time I was there for the first time as a Michigan Tech student in 1967, there was still quite a bit of equipment still somewhat intact, but I would doubt that much, if anything, remains of it now.

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	Within a couple of weeks after arriving in Houghton, I had to go check this out! Here is one of many ore cars just laying around. Sept. 29, 1967.
	Another view of the ore cars. Sept. 29, 1967.
	Some how this car caught fire...maybe from lightning? Sept. 29, 1967.
	This plow and side dump car are near the hoist building and shops. Sept. 29, 1967.
	And just a few days later I was back again....here is a caboose shown on Oct. 1, 1967. Note the stub switch.
	This plow and spare wheels were in deep shade, but I took the photo anyways. Oct. 1, 1967.

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