Coal: (Satellite, it is now a park)
Before it was the Soo Railroad, it was the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
And even earlier:
The first pocket dock was developed in Marquette in 1857. [HAER, Significance]
Dock #6 still exists.
 |
| Gerald Vilenski posted The harbor and ore docks in Marquette, Michigan. Note the tiny parade at left bottom corner. Panorama of three 8x10 glass plates... Kathy Niemi I've seen many old photos of this scene, but this flawless panorama of three glass negatives is remarkable! Ken Niemi, Reiss Recollections Maritime Museum, Port Huron |
 |
| Chris Mazzella posted William G Mather unloading coal at the Spear Coal Dock in the lower harbor in Marquette, MI, in the 70s. She now serves as a museum in Cleveland, OH. From my collection Carol Bollin Hill: Miss the Cleveland Cliff ships with their distinctive colors and that big red “C” on the black stack! |
 |
| Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted An image from a glass negative of a portion of the harbor at Marquette, Mich., circa 1900-1910, showing the passenger ship Toniesta on the right and a building marked F.B. Spears & Sons in the middle (Image Source: Library of Congress - Detroit Publishing Co. Collection). Diagrams of Marquette Harbor from 1855 to 1918, found in the Historic American Engineering Record of Marquette Harbor (Publication HAER No. MI-45), identifies the dock at which the Toniesta is moored as the Spear's Merchandise Dock. An analysis of a high-resolution copy of the image shows the bow of what appears to be a bulk freighter behind the F.B. Spears & Sons building, along with what appears to be derrick-style towers. The towers may be unloading or loading the vessel for F.B. Spears & Sons, which traded in a variety of bulk commodities. Additional Historical Information - F.B. Spear & Sons Frank Spear came to Marquette in 1864. Soon after arriving, he founded F. B. Spear & Co. which built a dock out into the city's harbor. That dock was the only one to survive the Lake Superior community's disastrous fire of 1868 fire. F.B. Spear & Co. began by dealing in wholesale and retail grain and feed. In time, what became F.B. Spear & Sons expanded its business to include wholesale and retail coal, wood, lime, brick, cement, fuel oil, sand, gravel, lumber, and other building materials. After Frank Spear died in 1924, the business was continued in operation until 1993. A diagram of Marquette Harbor in 1905 (Publication HAER No. MI-45), shows a Spear's Coal Dock located just north of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad Ore Dock #5 in the background of the image. That dock is not visible in this image. Information Sources: Historic American Engineering Record of Marquette Harbor (HAER No. MI-45) [They posted this photo again. The first paragraph was the same.] Historical information and diagrams of Marquette Harbor from 1855 to 1918, found in the Historic American Engineering Record of Marquette Harbor (Publication HAER No. MI-45), identifies the ore dock in the foreground (from left to right) as the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad Ore Dock #1. The dock at which the Toniesta is moored is identified as the Spear's Merchandise Dock (formerly the Cleveland Ore Dock #2). The ore dock in the background on the left is identified as the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad Ore Dock #5. Work on the dock began in 1905. The structure was constructed on the site of two earlier ore docks, one built in 1864 and the other built in 1869. Ore Dock #5 was a wooden structure 1,236 feet in length and 71 feet high. It had 200 pockets and a storage capacity of 40,000 tons of ore. The first ship was loaded there in August 1906. That would place the time of this photograph to between 1906 and 1910. An analysis of a high-resolution copy of the image shows shows an outbound passenger ship in the background left of the image. It could be one of the Toniesta's sister ships, the Juniata (1905) or the Octorara (1910). All three vessels were built for the Erie & Western Transportation Co., also known as the Anchor Line, and designed for the passenger and package freight trade. In 1916, ownership of the steamers, along with the rest of the Erie & Western fleet, was transferred to the newly formed Great Lakes Transit Corp. [Additional text provides several links for references.] |
 |
| Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted The freighter James Watt loading iron ore at the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway ore dock at Marquette, Mich. circa 1905 (Image Source: Library of Congress – Detroit Publishing Co. Collection). An analysis of a high-resolution copy of the image shows a second freighter loading ore behind the James Watt and, in the background, the steambarge Argo (1895) at the dock on the right. [The description has more text providing the history of the James Watt.] |
And even earlier:
 |
| Dan Barber posted Circa 1857 - Marquette Harbor: a rare picture of the first dock with tram cars and chutes for loading iron ore, by the Cleveland Iron Mining Company. From the Michigan General Collection at the Archives of Michigan in Lansing. |
 |
| Forgotten Railways, Roads, and Places shared Shoving the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic ore dock in Marquette, Michigan 1929. Dennis DeBruler This taught me to look for another dock. The one I knew about was north of the town. |
 |
| Gene Rebeck commented on a share And here is a more recent photo (from a slide -- photographer unknown, alas) of the same scene. Late 50s? |
 |
| 1954 Marquette Quad @ 1:24,000 |
 |
| Marquette Today posted [It was an April Fools joke. (E.g. footers don't carry building supplies. ) Call it a history of photography and the power of photoshopping.] Steve Harris shared |
Jason Spears: How old are those docks?
[The first two photos are of the still operational LS&I Ore Dock.]
 |
| 1 |
 |
| 2 |
 |
| 3 |
 |
| 4 |
In 2022 the sky was clear all the way to the horizon.
 |
| Holden Meyering posted Great turnout this morning for the sunrise. Thom Skelding shared A couple days a year, the sunrise lines up with Marquettes lower harbor ore dock. Below zero brings more clear mornings. Kind of a UP [Upper Peninsula] Stonehenge! Dock has been out of service since around 1970. |
 |
| 906 Images posted Finally after 44 years of living, I captured my first "OreHenge" picture!! It's was cold🥶🥶2 degrees and windchills at -14 this morning and there was still 50 or more people there to witness this event!! The sunrises down the middle of the Ore dock twice a year in Marquette. Yesterday was the day it would have perfect down the middle but we live in Michigan, so in the winter it's mostly cloudy... You usually get a day or two to capture it down the middle. Have a good Friday and enjoy the weekend! ~~click on the image for a full view~~ |
 |
| Douglas Jones Photography posted “Marquette (MI) Ore Dock” The first ore dock ever built for the iron industry was built in Marquette, Michigan in 1857. The ore dock shown in today’s image was built in 1931, and was closed in 1971. It is no longer in operation, however the Upper Harbor Ore Dock (a few miles from this location) still functions as an operating dock for iron ore freighters picking up iron ore pellets to deliver to steel mills. |
 |
| Memories by Andy posted Lower Ore Dock in Marquette the first part of February 2024 sure looked beautiful from the sky. Thank you for looking and as always, sharing is greatly appreciated. |
No comments:
Post a Comment