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Marquette Ore Dock No. 6, Approach, Between Fifth & Lake Streets, Marquette, Marquette County, MI
Summary
Significance: The steel approach is an integral part of the ore dock complex. It is an example of structural steel construction which takes railroad trackage through a commercial portion of the city of Marquette. Train loads of iron ore were raised from street level to the top of the ore dock which is 85 feet 7 inches in elevation. The inexpensive price of steel during the Great Depression allowed the South Shore Dock Company to construct this portion of the approach out of steel rather than timbers.
Survey number: HAER MI-45-A
Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Merritt-Chapman & Whitney Corporation
Location
Marquette (Mich.), 46.52465, -87.39016
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
