Roundhouse: (Satellite, all traces of it are gone.)
Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum: (Satellite, 444 photos)
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| Mark Andersen posted C&NW 1385 at Ishpeming, Michigan Depot. The date and photographer are unknown. Rescued from a dark moldy Anscochrome slide. Caleb L. Gordon: Where exactly was this depot? Barbara Lusardi: Caleb L. Gordon Where Hematite Drine is between 1st and 2nd street. Andrew Roth: Great job cleaning up the slide!! The UP boxcar is on the DSS&A whose tracks were on the north side of the depot. : Nice. Rare color shot. Peter Munro shared Gary Baloun: Great historical picture. Glad 1385 survived. Craig Nelsen: So, we can narrow the time down pretty good. 1954 Ford in picture on right side, Engine retired from service in summer of 1956... Dennis DeBruler shared |
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| Richard C. Burnes commented on Mark's post Here's a postcard picture of the depot from 1912. |
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| Mark Andersen commented on his post Here's the original scan. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Barbara's comment Thanks for the location. 1951 aerial photo So the C&NW depot was north of their tracks. And it appears that the DSS&A had a bigger depot between Main and 1st. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Mark's post 1951 aerial photo Was the roundhouse on the southwest side of town used by C&NW or DSS&A? |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Mark's post 1951 aerial photo According to a topo map, it does not look like C&NW hauled ore from this mine. [The iron ore was hauled to a dock on Lake Superior.] |
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| Street View, Sep 2022 |
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| CliffsShaftMineMuseum |
Open pit mining was started in 1867. In 1877, shafts "A" and "B" were started to reach hard hematite ore that was found 400' deep. In 1919 the wooden shaft houses were replaced by the 97' high reinforced concrete structure. In 1954, the 174' tall Shaft "C" was opened and it replaced the other two shafts. The mine closed Dec 22, 1967. [CliffsShaftMineMuseum_history]
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| 1952 Ishpeming Quad @ 24,000 |
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