Redridge Steel Dam
Redridge Steel and Log Dams | |
Redridge Steel Dam (downstream side) | |
| Location | Stanton Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
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| Coordinates | 47°8′56″N 88°45′50″W / 47.14889°N 88.76389°W |
| Built | 1894 |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000166 |
| Added to NRHP | April 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.