Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Site - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Site - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company Site is a industrial site located in Devil's Backbone Park in Grand Tower, Illinois. The site was operated by the Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company, a mining and industrial company which operated in Illinois in the 1860s and 1870s. The furnaces at the site were used to produce coke, a fuel produced from the coal used in iron smelting. The coke produced at the site was likely shipped to an iron furnace south of the site. The site also includes the remains of the superintendent's house; a local legend claims that the house is haunted by the superintendent's daughter. Read more on Wikipedia
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