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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Maramec Spring
| image = Maramec Spring 20050423 1.jpg
| image_size = 250
| image_caption = The spring discharges below an overhanging bluff of Gasconade [[Dolomite (rock)|Dolomite]].
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = [[Missouri]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = [[Ozark Plateau]]
| subdivision_type4 = County
| subdivision_name4 = [[Phelps County, Missouri|Phelps]]
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| length_mi = 0.87
| length_ref = <ref>[http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/moatlas/AreaSummaryPage.aspx?txtAreaID=5704 Missouri Department of Conservation]</ref>
| discharge1_location = Maramec Spring<ref name="USGS 1923-1985">[http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?referred_module=sw&site_no=07010500&por_07010500_1=834625,00060,1,1922,1986&year_type=C&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list USGS 1923-1985]</ref>
| discharge1_min =
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|153|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="USGS 1923-1985">[http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?referred_module=sw&site_no=07010500&por_07010500_1=834625,00060,1,1922,1986&year_type=C&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list USGS 1923-1985]</ref>
| discharge1_max = {{convert|770|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}

| source1 = Dry Fork watershed
| source1_location = Salem Plateau, [[Ozark Plateau]], [[Missouri]]
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|773.97|ft|abbr=on}}[http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?referred_module=sw&site_no=07010500&por_07010500_1=834625,00060,1,1922,1986&year_type=C&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list USGS]
| mouth = [[Meramec River]]
| mouth_location = near [[Saint James, Missouri|St. James]], [[Phelps County, Missouri|Phelps County]], [[Ozark Plateau]], [[Missouri]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|37|57|20|N|91|31|57|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="USGS">[http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?referred_module=sw&site_no=07010500&por_07010500_1=834625,00060,1,1922,1986&year_type=C&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list USGS]</ref>
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| custom_label = [[National Natural Landmark|U.S. NNL]]
| custom_data = Designated: 1971
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Maramec Iron Works District
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| nrhp_type = hd|nocat=yes
| image = Maramec Iron Works furnace a.jpg
| caption = The remains of an iron furnace of the Maramec Iron Works which used [[hydropower]] from the spring
| nearest_city = [[St. James, Missouri]]
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| built = {{Start date|1826}}
| added = April 16, 1969
| area = {{convert|0|acre}}
| refnum = 69000122<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}} }}
[[Image:Maramec Spring fishing ls.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Trout [[fishing]] is popular in the branch from Maramec Spring to the river.]]

'''Maramec Spring''' is located on the [[Meramec River]] near [[Saint James, Missouri|St. James]] in the east-central [[Ozarks]] of [[Missouri]]. The fifth largest [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]] in the state with an average discharge of {{convert|153|cuft|m3}} of water per second, it is part of a [[karst topography|Karst topographical area]], with many springs and caves. The spring and 1800 acres (7.28 km²) are owned by the [[James Foundation]], which maintains the area as a public park, donated by [[Lucy Wortham James]]. The [[Missouri Department of Conservation]] operates a [[trout]] [[fish hatchery|hatchery]] and fishery at the spring. Ruins of the Maramec Iron Works are still visible at the site; its machinery was partly powered by the spring's waterflow. The spring was declared a [[National Natural Landmark]] in October 1971.<ref name="nnl">{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=MASP-MO|title=National Natural Landmark summary|date=5 February 2004|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=26 April 2009}}</ref>

==Description==
The spring's daily discharge averages nearly 100 million gallons (363 million liters).<ref name="USGS">[http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?referred_module=sw&site_no=07010500&por_07010500_1=834625,00060,1,1922,1986&year_type=C&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list USGS]</ref> The history of the spring and the iron works is explained in a museum operated by the James Foundation at the site. Another museum in the park features agricultural tools utilized in the area over the years.

The park contains a drive that offers a glimpse into the life in the area while the iron works were operating. It includes a scenic overview of the park, a cemetery which serves as the final resting place of some employees of the iron works, the iron pit mine, and locations of a few homesteads. The park hosts several picnic areas, including pavilions suitable for events.

==Maramec Iron Works==
Adjacent to the spring are the ruins of the Maramec Iron Works. The first commercially viable iron facility in the [[United States of America|US]] west of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]], it produced iron from 1827 to 1891. During the [[US Civil War]], it produced iron for cannonballs and [[James B. Eads]]' gunships, which were built in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] near the mouth of the river. The iron works used the spring's flow to [[Hydropower|power]] its machinery, processing high-grade [[hematite]] from a nearby pit.<ref>Norris, James D., “Frontier Iron: The Story of The Maramec Iron Works: 1826-76," State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964, James Foundation paperback reprint, 1972.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Ludwig|first=Stephen|date=1977|title=Maramec Iron Works|journal=Bittersweet|publisher=Lebanon High School|volume=2|issue=2|url=http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/wi77h.htm|accessdate=26 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/69000122.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maramec Iron Works District|accessdate=1 February 2017|author=Martha L. Kusiak|date=March 1969|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}}</ref> The [[Maramec Iron Works District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1969.<ref name=nris/>

The James Foundation hosts an annual Old Iron Works Days on a weekend in October. It features arts, crafts, foods, displays and presentations of life in the area during the era of the iron works.

==Recreational activities==
The park is one of four trout parks in Missouri, providing near year-round fishing. Harvesting season runs from March until October, while the catch and release season runs during the winter months. The stream is restocked every day during fishing season from the 100,000 trout produced annually by the hatchery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdc.mo.gov/areas/hatchery/maramec/index.htm|title=Maramec Spring Fish Hatchery and Trout Park|date=2009|publisher=Missouri Department of Conservation|accessdate=26 April 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113094942/http://www.mdc.mo.gov/areas/hatchery/maramec/index.htm|archivedate=13 January 2009}}</ref>

There are 58 campsites in the park, including 30 with electric hook-ups. The park has numerous picnic sites, six reserveable picnic shelters, and multiple playgrounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maramecspringpark.com/maramec/camping/index.html|title=Camping at Maramec Spring Park along the Meramec River|accessdate=15 December 2009|publisher=James Foundation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301043541/http://www.maramecspringpark.com/maramec/camping/index.html|archivedate=1 March 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Missouri rivers]]
* [[List of Arkansas rivers]]
* [[List of Ozark springs]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Maramec Spring}}
* Official site: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413211855/http://maramecspringpark.com/maramec/index.html MaramecSpringPark.com]

{{National Register of Historic Places in Missouri}}

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[[Category:National Natural Landmarks in Missouri]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Phelps County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Springs of Missouri]]
[[Category:Bodies of water of Phelps County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Phelps County, Missouri]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Phelps County, Missouri]]

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