Redridge Steel Dam

Redridge Steel and Log Dams
Redridge Steel Dam (downstream side)
Redridge Steel Dam is located in Michigan
Redridge Steel Dam
Redridge Steel Dam is located in the United States
Redridge Steel Dam
LocationStanton Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Coordinates47°8′56″N 88°45′50″W / 47.14889°N 88.76389°W / 47.14889; -88.76389
Built1894
NRHP reference No.92000166 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 2, 1992

The Redridge Steel Dam is a steel dam across the Salmon Trout River in Redridge, Houghton County, Michigan. Completed in 1901, it is a flat slab buttress dam constructed of steel, a relatively rare material for construction of dams, which are typically made of earthenworks, concrete, or masonry. Most sources indicate that it was one of only three such dams constructed in the United States, the other two being the Ashfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam (1898, Arizona) and the Hauser Lake Dam (1907, Montana), the last of which failed within a year of construction.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.