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An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore (typically from railway cars or ore jennies) onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points. Most known ore docks were constructed near iron mines on the upper Great Lakes and served the lower Great Lakes. Ore docks still in existence are typically about 60 ...
Ore Dock's first-floor bar with its railroad spike tap handles (2016) The upper community space has sandstone walls and a long wooden bar (2016) Reclamation IPA, Ore Dock's flagship beer. The Ore Dock Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan, that opened in May 2012. Named for a nearby local landmark, the brewery is known for ...
Marquette is known for its breweries, including Ore Dock Brewing Company and Blackrocks Brewery. [35] [36] Five breweries were extant in the city (as of 2019). [37] Marquette's port was the 140th largest in the United States in 2015, ranked by tonnage. [38]
The ore dock was built on the shores of Huron Bay for $170,000 under the supervision of John Munro, Jr. It measured 1,000 feet (305 m) in length and required 2,000,000 board feet (4,719 m 3) of lumber. A sawmill was constructed to process the vast amounts of timber necessary for the project. [9]
Marquette County Savings Bank† 125 West Washington Street: Marquette: June 18, 1976: Marquette Iron Range Informational Designation Miners Park, at US 41/M-28 and Maple Street Negaunee: July 19, 1956: Marquette Ore Docks: Lake Shore Boulevard, Presque Isle Harbor: Marquette: September 25, 1956: Julian T. Mason House: 425 East Ohio Street ...
The Marquette Iron Range is a deposit of iron ore located in Marquette County, Michigan in the United States. The towns of Ishpeming and Negaunee developed as a result of mining this deposit. A smaller counterpart of Minnesota's Mesabi Range , this is one of two iron ranges in the Lake Superior basin that are in active production as of 2018.
The Lake Superior & Ishpeming's historic main line operates on a relatively steep grade, called "The Hill", from Marquette to the iron mines. The steepest gradient is 1.63%. [6] Because of the location of the LS&I's Marquette docks, the railroad must cross the Dead River. The trestle is 565 feet (172 m) long and 104 feet (32 m) high.
Marquette, Michigan became a major shipping port after iron ore was discovered in the area in 1844, and marine traffic in the area has been heavy ever since. Heavy traffic combined with not-too-uncommon thick fog and gale force winds has resulted in numerous shipwrecks.