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SOO - Ashland Ore Dock

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Photos 

The Ore Dock Itself

Photo taken by Dean Sauvola

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BH Photo #360488

Map 

Facts 

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)

Categories 

Ashland County, Wisconsin (15)
Ashland, Wisconsin (8)
Beam (15,716)
Built 1910 (1,158)
Built during 1910s (9,634)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Curb Columns (167)
Deck girder (5,745)
Girder (10,234)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (380)
Lost (24,735)
Lost 2013 (364)
Lost during 2010s (3,283)
 Ore Dock (2)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Plate girder (7,923)
Railroad (15,414)
Soo Line Railroad (299)
Tall Bridges (324)
Tall Wooden Trestle (34)
Timber stringer (4,018)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
US 2 (44)
Wisconsin (1,468)
Wisconsin Central Railway (1897-1954) (12)

Update Log 

  • June 17, 2020: New photo from Luke
  • 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.

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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