Bridgehunter.com | Soo Line - Ashland Ore Dock

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The Ore Dock Itself

Photo taken by Dean Sauvola

BH Photo #360488

Overview: Lost Ore dock + Viaduct over Burlington Northern Railroad, Water Street, St. Claire Street, Front Street/Lake Shore Boulevard, Main Street/2nd Street, & Bay City Creek
Location: Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin
Status: Removed but not replaced
History: Deck plate girder over Main/2nd Street built 1910; DPG over Front Street/Lake Shore Boulevard built 1917, DPG over Water Street built 1922; Abandoned 1965;Removed 2011-2013
Railroads: - Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- Wisconsin Central Railway (1897-1954) (WC)
Design: 43.6 ft DPG over Main Street/2nd street
109.35 ft DPG over US 2/Lake Shore Drive/Front Street
138.14 ft DPG over St. Claire Street
32 ft steel DPG over Water Street
229.30 ft timber trestle over Bay City Creek
209.05 ft DPG over Burlington Northern Railway
Dimensions: Total length: 4,365.9 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.59770, -90.87752 (decimal degrees)
46°35'52" N, 90°52'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/662568/5162648 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Ashland West
Inventory numbers: WI B02041900000000 (Wisconsin bridge number)
WI P02071200000000 (Wisconsin bridge number)
BH 41917 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

August 14, 2016: New photo from Luke
May 17, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added lengths to design section.
February 21, 2015: Updated by Luke: Edited entry to be for the entirety of the Ore Dock Trestle, added links to imagery.

Soo Line - Ashland Ore Dock

Posted August 14, 2016, by Russ (sooironrange [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The dock pictured is the ex-Northern Pacific dock in Superior, Wi.

Soo Line - Ashland Ore Dock

Posted March 27, 2016, by C Sukanen (csukanen [at] hotmail [dot] com )

I'm not sure what dock that is but it is not Ashland