Location: Marquette, MI - Ore Dock (Downtown)

DSSA on the Marquette Ore Dock Approach DSS&A Ore Dock Approach at Marquette The DSS&A diesel era, the railroad pushed ore loads from their staging yard up the approach to their downtown ore dock using Alcohol RS-1 diesel locomotives.

Photo info: Top, a 1957 photo of the ore dock in operation. Note the variety of period vehicles traveling under the approach bridge. [Dan Garn photo, Doug Garn collection]. 2nd photo, a similar photo from the 1930's of the ore dock approach over Front Street, Marquette. [Robert Platt-UWML]


Notes


Time Line

1966. Deepening the Marquette lower harbor basin to 27 feet to accommodate deep draft vessels has been approved by officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The estimated cost is $215,000 plus $12,000 from non-federal sources. The dock area was dredged last fall by the railroad company and now has 22 feet of water. The Corps recently completed a $370,000 rock cribbing project on the lower harbor breakwater last fall. [IDG-1966-0307]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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