Talk:Ore dock

resources

I think it's fairly obvious I was in the middle of working on this when I ran out of time. Here are some resources:

Patents

• http://www.google.com/patents?id=lxRLAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=ore+dock#PPP1,M1 patent application that has a good chute diagram in it.
• http://www.google.com/patents?id=wtJPAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=ore+dock#PPA62,M1 another patent
• http://www.google.com/patents?id=B1tmAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=ore+dock#PPA25,M1 ore car (maybe use for Ore Jenny article if/when
• http://www.google.com/patents?id=e8lDAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&dq=ore+dock#PPP2,M1 excellent cutaway view of an ore dock... best of these I think. I have this image ready to upload to Commons when I get some time.

searches and texts

• http://www.google.com/search?q=ore+dock+escanaba&hl=en&safe=off&start=10&sa=N on Escanaba, the major L Michigan ore dock site (most of the rest were in Superior)
• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/biblio/index.html#g biblio from cleveland lib
• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/collect.html more from same lib
• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/ and still more
• http://www.siahq.org/conference/duluth/papersessions/abstracts.html SIA conference (already cited)

more stuff

• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/stereovw/ stereoviews from the cleveland lib
• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/cpcindex.html ports from the cleveland lib
• http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Ports-CarFerries/DocksPortsMenu.htm an excellent chart of many bulk docks... I was thinking a list of all the ore docks known might be neat to do. This has a good start.
• http://www.cardcow.com/32757/ore-dock-escanaba-us-state-town-views-michigan-escanaba/#img_bk neat postcard of one of the Esky docks.
• http://www.pasty.com/discus/messages/1853/2498.html scroll down for a pic of the newest Esky loader.. this is NOT a traditional pocket/chute dock.
• http://www.duluthport.com/pride/hulett.html info on Huletts... the other end of the journey.
• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/hulett/ Huletts in Ohio
• http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/dlsearch/results/detail.do?fullItemID=/nw/cra/ussteel/CRA-42-104-055 Huletts unloading in Gary Ind
• http://updigit.uproc.lib.mi.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/MQTGlass&CISOPTR=11&REC=12 somewhat murky shot of a Marquette dock, but shows chutes pretty clearly. A boat is being loaded as the shot was taken, chutes are discharging into open hatches.
• http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lake_superior___ishpeming_rr_ore_dock.html LSI RR ore dock info in Marquette
• http://www.wisconsincentral.net/Culture041907.html ashland stuff, cited already
• http://www.ashlandhistory.com/oredock.htm another Ashland source
• http://www.mqtinfo.org/history0006.asp Marquette county historical stuff, cited already
• http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/articles/carrhist.html 1910 history of the iron ore trade... awesome source. cited already
• http://books.google.com/books?id=KRLZDXIEWCsC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22ore+dock%22+pocket+chute+freighter&source=web&ots=PdZmTe3qEl&sig=FjcLjPFEhKlhQcR0fSeZg1wJpV8#PPA132,M1 stuff on pocket chutes from Steamboats & Sailors of the Great Lakes via Google books
• http://www.boatnerd.com/books/tinstackers/tinpreview.htm not sure if this is useful or not.

related to iron ranges

• http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mnhs.org/school/online/communities/web_assets/IRNmap1T.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mnhs.org/school/online/communities/landscapes/IRNmap1T.htm&h=413&w=550&sz=40&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=nGpH3ErR4CtwTM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diron%2Brange%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Iron range in MN

• http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/iron_range/images/vermillion/walkermap_big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/iron_range/vermillion.htm&h=777&w=1580&sz=404&hl=en&start=5&tbnid=cORzIPrGMJvImM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Diron%2Brange%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Vermillion range
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesabi_Range our own Mesabi Range article. Desperately needs a better map.
• http://images.google.com/images?q=iron+range+map&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&safe=off&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20 google image search for ranges... not sure if useful or not

I will be using much of this as time permits but it has useful info perhaps for others. ++Lar: t/c 04:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)