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UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Senter MI (Viewed 421 times) Badure   |  Senter MI < on 9/26/2007 4:59 PM >   My folks just got back from the Keweenaw over the weekend and brought back an interesting book about the town of Senter MI. There used to be a dynamite factory there until there was a huge explosion that destroyed most of the buildings back in the 50s. Has anyone heard of it or been there before? Badure Glass  Location: Chicago as one does  |  |  Re: Senter MI <Reply # 1 on 9/26/2007 5:25 PM >   http://mapper.acme...8.43389&z=15&t=T Looks interesting. edit: URL tags [last edit 9/26/2007 5:25 PM by Glass - edited 1 times] Glass  Location: Chicago as one does  |  |  Re: Senter MI <Reply # 2 on 9/26/2007 5:38 PM >   " I worked at Atlas Powder in the 50's, mostly on the "powder line". This consisted of packing the bulk dynamite into sticks. Most of the dynamite was produced for U. P. copper or iron mines. I helped load the first load of dynamite-8000 lbs- that was shipped by rail to the White Pine Copper Co. There was a major explosion involving the building where nitroglycerin was produced. (Nov. i95- ?) The plant was thus out of operation for about 6 months. My job didn't last too long after being called back to work. One thing I didn't miss was the powder headaches! The end of Atlas Powder operations came as the result of the mines switching to fertilizer/fuel oil for their blasting explosives. Some of the men I remember working were Waldo Backman, Ted Sved, Ralph Engman, Vic Johnson, Dan Anderson, Dan Rozman. Bob Roth, Ken Stevens, John Micklitch, and Bob Roth." And other neat stories at: http://64.233.167....s&client=firefox-a rlx  Location: Minneapolis Gender: Male forget regret.  |  Re: Senter MI <Reply # 3 on 9/26/2007 9:19 PM >   hrm, very interesting. What is the name of the book? forget regret. Rattler  Gender: Male  |  Re: Senter MI <Reply # 4 on 11/16/2007 2:43 PM >   I wish I would have known about this place a few months ago. The wife and I were driving around exploring not too far from there at the old Quincy Mine. UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Senter MI (Viewed 421 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 78 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 738282382 pages have been generated.