Location: Ashland, WI - 1918 Wisconsin Central Ore Dock #2


Type: Timber, replaced by concrete after 1918

Built: 1888

Operated for 125 years

Owner: Wisconsin Central Railroad, later Soo Line Railroad

Length:  Lengthened to 1,800 feet in 1925.

Height Above Water: 81 feet

Pockets: 300 pockets

Ended: 2013


Notes


Time Line

1888. New dock opens.

1900. Dock is rebuilt after a fire.

1918. Dock is replaced by a concrete dock in same location.

1925. Dock is lengthened to 1,800 feet.

2013. Use of the dock is discontinued.

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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