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The main Michigan Tech campus is located mainly on US 41 in Houghton, Michigan. It is the safest campus in Michigan, and the third safest in the United States according to Reader's Digest. [1] Many of the buildings are built up, as opposed to short and wide, which reduces the size of the campus. Michigan Tech also maintains the following areas:
Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States, founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [4] [5]
The museum is named for professor Arthur Edmund Seaman, who worked at Michigan Tech in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the museum's curator from 1928 until 1937. [ 2 ] The mineral collection was established in the 19th century, and by 1890 numbered 27,000 specimens. [ 2 ]
Houghton Lake (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,294 during the 2020 census , making it the largest unincorporated community in Northern Michigan .
Mont Ripley Ski Area (Often shortened to Mont Ripley, or simply Ripley) is a ski hill located in Franklin Township, Houghton County, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The site is just outside the cities of Hancock and Houghton. It is owned by Michigan Technological University.
Houghton: September 24, 1992: Grace Methodist Church: 201 Isle Royale St Houghton: July 26, 2006: Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall† 399 Quincy Street Hancock: April 15, 1977: Hoar Family Mausoleum: Forest Hill Cemetery near Michigan Tech campus Portage Township: June 15, 1995: Houghton County Courthouse† 401 East Houghton Street Houghton ...
Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival is a winter celebration held annually in Houghton, Michigan. The event is characterized by snow statues, outdoor games, and student activities. February 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of Winter Carnival.
The Portage Lake Lift Bridge (officially the Houghton–Hancock Bridge [3]) connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan.It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.