Reviving the best thread on /n/
>>1479218>>1479228>>1479731This was the "old school" end of the boat journey, what about the beginning ?
Boats were loaded on ore docks spreads around Lake Superior, but now only a few remains active (one in Marquette and one in Two Harbors according to wikipedia, and one in Duluth according to some youtube footage I found).
(this one is the best so far)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KPd4VLFCW8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLU3l0FwcooI explored on google maps and find remaining ore docks on Duluth, Marquette (the old one was nearly in the city center, you can still spot where the railway was passing through), Two Harbors, Superior (the biggest in the world), Taconite Harbor (pic related, and the only one I know where the railroad is parallel to the coastline and make a loop, avoiding disconnecting and maneuvering the cars). Does anyone got some more places to find ?
I've find some reading too for those interested in history
https://forgottenminnesota.com/2012/01/the-north-shores-once-upon-a-time-town/https://www.michiganradio.org/post/marquette-ore-docks-reminder-citys-maritime-and-mining-heritagehttps://substreet.org/northern-pacific-ore-dock/https://substreet.org/allouez/https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=michigan/oredock/Some random pics (flickr is cool for that cause often the description is very complete)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeff_lemke/25906800415/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinthekrazy1/42637359811/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedanneman/7946850948/in/photostream/ (more cool stuff in those last two links albums)
Enjoy and feed this thread with more shit like that
