http://mywisconsineyes.com/Culture/ashland-ore-dock.html WebThe locks permitted larger ships access to Superior's harbor. With the addition of the Northern Pacific Railway, Superior grew to be a major shipping and railway community transporting lumber and iron ore, along with its newest product, steel. The map from 1913 features railway routes and shipping traffic.

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Web* This dock was often called the Cuyuna Dock because the Northern Pacific ore trains came from the Cuyuna Iron Range, straight west of the Twin Ports and just north of Brainerd and Mille Lacs. Unfortunately, once the natural high-grade Cuyuna ore got played out, the Cuyuna Range didn't have taconite for pelletizing (a milling process that boosts the iron … http://superior.wikimapia.org/comments/3 how to sharpen a hookaroon

Burlington Northern Railway, Allouez Ore Docks. Superior, …

WebThis dock, in order to face Superior Entry, was built facing northeast and at an acute angle to the Great Northern ore docks immediately east of it. 1917 saw its first extension and 1925 its second and final extension, … WebSpecifications were 1405 ft. long, 46 ft. wide, 40 ft. high, trestle approach 950 ft., 234 pockets, 117 each side, 4 tracks on the dock, capacity of 25,000 tons of ore. It took 7,000 wood piles to form the dock basin. Another dock was built in 1888, but succumbed to fire in 1924 and was dismantled in 1948. http://wikimapia.org/1805862/Former-GN-BN-Allouez-Ore-Docks notleys landing