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Trestle connects to Ore Dock

Rail cars are pushed onto the ore dock by locomotives; the cars are dumped into pockets below the tracks. Chutes are dropped to the cargo hatches of the ship and the ore is dumped into the hold.

Photo taken by Robert Thompson in October 2011

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This trestle connects the rail yard to the Presque Isle Ore Dock, where lake freighters are loaded with iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range mines. From here, it is shipped to steel mills in Chicago, Gary and Cleveland.

Facts

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Lake Shore Blvd. on Railroad
Location: Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1911
Railroads: - Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic Railway (DSSA)
- Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad (LSI)
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 37.7 ft.
Total length: 38.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.58059, -87.38988 (decimal degrees)
46°34'50" N, 87°23'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/470127/5158631 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Marquette
Inventory numbers: MINEW 06628 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 49805 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

November 22, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
September 5, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic Railway"
October 10, 2011: Added by Robert Thompson

Sources

Robert Thompson
J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

LSI - Presque Isle Ore Dock