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Iron Ore

"From the opening of the navigation season early in the spring until the close of the season late in the fall, the ore docks of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company at Escanaba are a busy center of activity. Approximately four million tons of ore are shipped out over local docks and transported by lake carriers to the furnaces at Gary, River Rouge and other lower lake ports."

Views of Escanaba's massive ore docks and related iron ore loading/shipping activities.

Undivided Back

Ore Docks
Postmarked: 3/24/1906

Ore Docks
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Ore Crusher
Postmarked: 7/22/1906

Ore Docks
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Divided Back

Unloading Iron Ore
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Whalebacks Loading at Ore Docks
Postmarked: 11/30/1909

Whalebacks Loading at Ore Docks
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Harbor View, Showing Ore Docks in the Distance
Postmarked: 4/5/1912

Whalebacks Loading at Ore Docks
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Approach to One of the Ore Docks
Postmarked: 1/7/1911

Ore Docks
Postmarked: 11/1/1913

One of the Big Ore Carriers from Escanaba, Mich.
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Loading Ore at Escanaba, Mich.
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One of the Big Ore Carriers from Escanaba, Mich.
​Postmarked: 7/28/1911

Harbor at Night
​Postmarked: 7/31/1907

White Border

Mammoth Ore Docks
Postmarked: 5/29/1922

Loading Ore
Postmarked: 8/7/1929

Mammoth Ore Dock
Postmarked: 8/8/1924

Ore Docks
Postmarked: 5/22/1930

Ore Docks
Postmarked: NO

Linen

​Mammoth Ore Docks
​Postmarked: 7/2/1938

Ore Docks
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Ore Docks
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Mammoth Ore Docks | "In the Land of Hiawatha"
Postmarked: 8/26/1940

Giant Ore Docks on Lake Superior (sic)
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Ore Docks
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Loading Ore
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Mammoth Ore Dock
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Ore Boats in Harbor
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Famous Escanaba Ore Docks
Postmarked: 7/29/1946