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Did you know... that the Cleveland Cliffs ore dock (pictured, similar one at Ashland, Wisconsin) at Marquette, Michigan has been used to ship over 400 million tons of iron ore in the over 95 years since it was built?

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resources

I think it's fairly obvious I was in the middle of working on this when I ran out of time. Here are some resources:

Patents

http://www.google.com/patents?id=lxRLAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=ore+dock#PPP1,M1 patent application that has a good chute diagram in it.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=wtJPAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=ore+dock#PPA62,M1 another patent
http://www.google.com/patents?id=B1tmAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=ore+dock#PPA25,M1 ore car (maybe use for Ore Jenny article if/when
http://www.google.com/patents?id=e8lDAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=ore+dock#PPP2,M1 excellent cutaway view of an ore dock... best of these I think. I have this image ready to upload to Commons when I get some time.

searches and texts

http://www.google.com/search?q=ore+dock+escanaba&hl=en&safe=off&start=10&sa=N on Escanaba, the major L Michigan ore dock site (most of the rest were in Superior)
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/biblio/index.html#g biblio from cleveland lib
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/collect.html more from same lib
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/ and still more
http://www.siahq.org/conference/duluth/papersessions/abstracts.html SIA conference (already cited)

more stuff

http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/stereovw/ stereoviews from the cleveland lib
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/cpcindex.html ports from the cleveland lib
http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Ports-CarFerries/DocksPortsMenu.htm an excellent chart of many bulk docks... I was thinking a list of all the ore docks known might be neat to do. This has a good start.
http://www.cardcow.com/32757/ore-dock-escanaba-us-state-town-views-michigan-escanaba/#img_bk neat postcard of one of the Esky docks.
http://www.pasty.com/discus/messages/1853/2498.html scroll down for a pic of the newest Esky loader.. this is NOT a traditional pocket/chute dock.
http://www.duluthport.com/pride/hulett.html info on Huletts... the other end of the journey.
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/hulett/ Huletts in Ohio
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/dlsearch/results/detail.do?fullItemID=/nw/cra/ussteel/CRA-42-104-055 Huletts unloading in Gary Ind
http://updigit.uproc.lib.mi.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/MQTGlass&CISOPTR=11&REC=12 somewhat murky shot of a Marquette dock, but shows chutes pretty clearly. A boat is being loaded as the shot was taken, chutes are discharging into open hatches.
http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lake_superior___ishpeming_rr_ore_dock.html LSI RR ore dock info in Marquette
http://www.wisconsincentral.net/Culture041907.html ashland stuff, cited already
http://www.ashlandhistory.com/oredock.htm another Ashland source
http://www.mqtinfo.org/history0006.asp Marquette county historical stuff, cited already
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/articles/carrhist.html 1910 history of the iron ore trade... awesome source. cited already
http://books.google.com/books?id=KRLZDXIEWCsC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22ore+dock%22+pocket+chute+freighter&source=web&ots=PdZmTe3qEl&sig=FjcLjPFEhKlhQcR0fSeZg1wJpV8#PPA132,M1 stuff on pocket chutes from Steamboats & Sailors of the Great Lakes via Google books
http://www.boatnerd.com/books/tinstackers/tinpreview.htm not sure if this is useful or not.

related to iron ranges

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mnhs.org/school/online/communities/web_assets/IRNmap1T.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mnhs.org/school/online/communities/landscapes/IRNmap1T.htm&h=413&w=550&sz=40&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=nGpH3ErR4CtwTM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diron%2Brange%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Iron range in MN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/iron_range/images/vermillion/walkermap_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/iron_range/vermillion.htm&h=777&w=1580&sz=404&hl=en&start=5&tbnid=cORzIPrGMJvImM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diron%2Brange%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Vermillion range
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Mesabi_Range our own Mesabi Range article. Desperately needs a better map.
http://images.google.com/images?q=iron+range+map&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&safe=off&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20 google image search for ranges... not sure if useful or not

I will be using much of this as time permits but it has useful info perhaps for others. ++Lar: t/c 04:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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