Quincy smelting works was selected for a 2016 Historical Landmark Award from ASM International the world’s largest association of metals-centric materials engineers and scientists.
The citation reads “The Quincy Smelting Works is uniquely capable of interpreting the final stage of copper production for one of the few native copper ore mining regions on earth.”
The nomination letter was submitted by faculty from Michigan Tech Departments of Social Sciences and Materials Science and Engineering.